Attitudes Toward Rape Among African American Male and Female College Students

The purpose of this study was to investigate how African American male and female college students differ in their attitudes concerning rape. Two‐hundred and ten college students completed a 12‐item questionnaire designed to measure their views toward this issue. A 2‐group multivariate analysis of v...

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Published inJournal of counseling and development Vol. 77; no. 2; pp. 204 - 208
Main Authors Sapp, Marty, Farrell Jr, Walter C., Johnson Jr, James H., Hitchcock, Kim
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.1999
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
American Association for Counseling and Development
Subjects
African American college students
African American Community
African Americans
Attitude Measures
Attitude surveys
Attitudes
Beliefs
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Black people
Black Students
College students
Counseling Psychology
Demographic aspects
Females
Feminism
Gender
Gender Bias
Gender Discrimination
Higher Education
Males
Multivariate Analysis
Mythology
Psychological Studies
Questionnaires
Rape
Sensitivity Training
Sex Bias
Sex crimes
Sex Differences
Sex Role
Sex Stereotypes
Sexism
Sexual Abuse
Statistical Analysis
Stereotypes
Student Attitudes
Undergraduate Students
Victimization
Victims of crime
Violence
White supremacy
Women
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to investigate how African American male and female college students differ in their attitudes concerning rape. Two‐hundred and ten college students completed a 12‐item questionnaire designed to measure their views toward this issue. A 2‐group multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) revealed statistically significant differences between African American men and women, with men being more accepting of stereotypes and myths about rape. These differences are discussed in the context of sexism and rape myths. Strategies for changing students' attitudes toward rape are proposed.
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ArticleID:JCAD2441
is the E. Maynard Adams Distinguished Professor of Business, Geography, and Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
is a professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Community Studies, both at the University of Wisconsin‐Milwaukee.
Walter C. Farrell Jr.
Kim Hitchcock
Marty Sapp
is an associate professor of counseling in the Department of Educational Psychology, and
James H. Johnson Jr.
is an instructor in the Department of Health Sciences at Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights.
ISSN:0748-9633
1556-6676
DOI:10.1002/j.1556-6676.1999.tb02441.x