Citation

Pryor DW, Hughes MR, Langdon JJ. Violence Against Women 2023; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/10778012231172703

PMID

37194265

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of messages about sexual danger women receive from parents, peers, media, school officials, and past victimization on fear of stranger and acquaintance rape. Analyzing survey data for 630 undergraduate women, we find that parental warnings, internalized mean world view, university crime alerts, and being more prone to anxiety are significant predictors of fear of rape across models, while effects of media and victimization are limited. When high and low proneness to anxiety subgroups are considered separately, numerous differences emerge.

RESULTS suggest the need to include formal measures of anxiety in future fear of crime research.

Language: en

Keywords

anxiety; socialization; college women; fear of rape; sexual victimization