@article{ref1,
title="False rape allegation and regret: a theoretical model based on cognitive dissonance",
journal="Archives of sexual behavior",
year="2021",
author="Demarchi, Samuel and Fanton, Laurent and Tomas, Frédéric",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The aim of this paper is to provide a model illustrating how regretful consensual intercourse may lead to false rape allegations (FRA). An intrapersonal perspective  of regret based on cognitive dissonance is added to the interpersonal factors  already mentioned in the literature. The intrapersonal perspective is discussed in  terms of the reduction of a state of cognitive dissonance induced by the gap between  social norms and the shamefully perceived behavior. First, we start with the review  of the different motives that may lead to a FRA, insisting on regret caused by  cognitive dissonance. We then develop the emergence of regret from a state of  cognitive dissonance. Second, we describe the means used to build the model: a  literature review, an extraction of the factors at play in regret-based FRA, a  chronological structure of the various factors, as some are necessarily the source  of others. We then build the model. Third, we illustrate how the model could  encompass many possible and usual scenarios. Thirteen plausible scenarios were  developed to show the relevance of the model. Finally, we comment and discuss the  model for future research and prevention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-0002",
doi="10.1007/s10508-020-01847-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01847-z"
}