Prior Sexual Victimization and Rape Myth Acceptance: Direct Victimization, Vicarious Victimization, and Gender

Rape myths are widely and persistently held attitudes and beliefs that falsely blame victims for acts of sexual violence and deny accountability of perpetrators. Further, rape myth acceptance is positively associated with perpetration and hinders help-seeking among victims. Given the importance of r...

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Authors: Li, Nan (Author) ; Augustyn, Megan Bears (Author) ; Pinchevsky, Gillian M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2026
In: Victims & offenders
Year: 2026, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 429-455
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Defensive Attribution Hypothesis
Just World Theory
Gender
Sexual Victimization
rape myth acceptance