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

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2007-12-01

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Sakallı, Nuray
Yalcın, Zeynep Sila
Glick, Peter

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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.

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Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Gender Studies

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/43687

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Department of Psychology, Article