Citation

Foubert JD. J. Am. Coll. Health 2000; 48(4): 158-163.

Affiliation

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA. Foubert@Virginia.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07448480009595691

PMID

10650733

Abstract

Rape myth acceptance, likelihood of raping, and sexually coercive behavior of 145 fraternity men randomly assigned to a control group or a rape-prevention program were surveyed. One third of 23 fraternities on a mid-Atlantic public university campus volunteered to participate in the study. The rape-prevention intervention consisted of "the men's program," a victim empathy-based presentation titled "How to help a sexual assault survivor: What men can do." Although no evidence of change in sexually coercive behavior was found, significant 7-month declines in rape myth acceptance and the likelihood of committing rape were shown among program participants. In the case of rape myth acceptance, the 7-month decrement remained lower in the participant group than in the control group. Implications of using these initial findings from the men's program for rape-prevention programming are discussed.

Language: en