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The role of self-objectification and women’s blame, sympathy, and support for a rape victim
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 6, p e0199808 (2018), Bevens, C, Brown, A & Loughnan, S 2018, ' The role of self-objectification and women’s blame, sympathy, and support for a rape victim ', PLoS ONE, vol. 13, no. 6, e0199808, pp. 1-15 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199808
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science, 2018.
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Abstract
- Sexual aggression is prevalent and damaging in our culture, and sources of support or blame following an attack of this kind can be important influences on the recovery process. This pair of studies investigate the nature of women’s blame reactions towards survivors of sexual aggression, as well as the potential for provision of sympathy and support. Specifically, we focused on the previously neglected role of female self-objectification. It was expected that increased self-objectification would lead to decreased sympathy and support, and more rape victim blame. However, results of Study 1 showed that chronic self-objectification was actually related to higher levels of sympathy and support for a rape victim. Study two built upon the limitations of study one, and examined similar questions. It was expected that women who engaged in greater self-objectification would again show greater sympathy and support for the victim, replicating study one’s results, and this was supported with a different scale. The overall relationship between self-objectification and sympathy and support was driven by body-relevant control beliefs. Implications and future directions are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Questionnaires
050103 clinical psychology
Emotions
lcsh:Medicine
Social Sciences
050109 social psychology
Criminology
Blame
Rape and Sexual Assault
intoxication
Sociology
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Public and Occupational Health
lcsh:Science
Crime Victims
media_common
Multidisciplinary
Sexual violence
Schools
police
aggression
05 social sciences
Sexual aggression
humanities
Police
Aggression
Professions
Assault
Research Design
behavior and behavior mechanisms
Female
Crime
medicine.symptom
Social psychology
Research Article
Adult
Substance-Related Disorders
media_common.quotation_subject
education
Self-concept
Intoxication
schools
rape and sexual assualt
emotions
Research and Analysis Methods
Education
Social support
Mental Health and Psychiatry
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
assault
Behavior
Survey Research
lcsh:R
Biology and Life Sciences
questionnaires
Self Concept
Rape
Sympathy
People and Places
lcsh:Q
Self-objectification
Population Groupings
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....04383026e724dfe27aab2adf4905e030