Ambivalent sexism, belief in a just world, and empathy as predictors of Turkish students' attitudes toward rape victims

Sakalli-Ugurlu N., Yalcın Z. S., Glick P.

SEX ROLES, cilt.57, ss.889-895, 2007 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 57
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11199-007-9313-2
  • Dergi Adı: SEX ROLES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.889-895
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: rape victims, ambivalent sexism, belief in a just world, empathy, BENEVOLENT SEXISM, COLLEGE-STUDENTS, ACQUAINTANCE RAPE, MYTH ACCEPTANCE, GENDER, ATTRIBUTION, HOSTILE, TURKEY, BLAME, ATTRACTIVENESS
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The present study investigated whether hostile sexism, benevolent sexism, belief in a just world and empathy predict attitudes toward rape victims in a Turkish sample. Turkish college students (N = 425, mean age = 22) completed scales assessing Ambivalent Sexism, Belief in a Just World and Rape Victim Empathy as predictors of a general measure of attitudes toward rape victims. Male (as compared to female) participants had significantly less positive attitudes toward rape victims. Correlational analyses showed that, for both male and female participants, benevolent as well as hostile sexism, and belief in a just world each predicted less positive attitudes toward rape victims, but empathy predicted more positive attitudes.