@article{ref1,
title="Expecting to Meet a Rape Victim Affects Women's Self-Esteem: The Moderating Role of Rape Myth Acceptance",
journal="Group processes and intergroup relations",
year="2004",
author="Bohner, Gerd and Lampridis, Efthymios",
volume="7",
number="1",
pages="77-87",
abstract="Research has shown that women's level of rape myth acceptance (RMA) moderates the impact of rape salience on their self-esteem. Conceptually replicating previous studies where rape salience was operationalized by presenting newspaper articles, the present study featured a realistic expectation of meeting a rape victim. Female students (N= 82) who were either low or high in RMA expected a conversation with another woman about one of three topics: studying, the other woman's illness (leukemia), or the other woman's experience of having been raped. Then their collective self-esteem, individual self-esteem, and affect were assessed. In line with predictions, low-RMA women reported lower self-esteem in the rape condition than in the studying condition, whereas high-RMA participants showed an opposite effect. Although affect was generally lower in the rape condition than in the neutral condition, this effect was significantly more pronounced for low-RMA than high-RMA women. Results for the leukemia condition differed from those in the rape condition, confirming the content-specificity of the moderating effect of RMA. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 2004. Copyright © 2004 by SAGE Publications)Violence Against WomenRape MythRape VictimRape EffectsVictim Self-EsteemAdult FemaleAdult VictimAdult Self-EsteemFemale Self-EsteemFemale VictimPsychological Victimization EffectsSexual Assault EffectsSexual Assault Victim10-04<p />",
language="en",
issn="1368-4302",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}