The purpose of this study was to expand on the understanding of those college students involved with sexual aggression and victimization. This study determined groups of aggressors, non-aggressors, victims and non-victims for the purpose of establishing contrasts according to certain variables. The independent variables were levels of sexual aggression and victimization. The primary dependent variables were rape supportive beliefs and beliefs in traditional sex roles. The study also examined the factors of age, gender, year in college, religious background, race, and previous consensual sexual activity to determine contrasts between aggressors, non-aggressors, victims and non-victims. / The sample was a random cluster sample consisting of 669 college students (353 males, 316 females) surveyed in their classes. The Sex Role Stereotyping Scale (Burt, 1980) was used to measure belief in traditional sex roles. The Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (Burt, 1980) was used to measure rape supportive beliefs. The Sexual Experiences Survey (Koss & Oros, 1982) was used to determine various degrees of sexual aggression and victimization. / No significant differences were found between non-aggressors and aggressors on the dependent variables of rape supportive beliefs, beliefs in traditional sex roles, age or year in college. Aggressors were found to have stronger rape supportive beliefs, stronger beliefs in traditional sex roles, and a higher mean year in college than the victims. Differences between aggressors and victims were explained more so by difference in sex than by difference in involvement with sexual aggression. The non-victims had stronger beliefs in traditional sex roles and were younger than the victims. All males and females involved at some level with sexual aggression or victimization were not significantly different with those not involved at all with sexual aggression or victimization on the dependent variables of religious background and race. However, proportionately more students involved in sexual aggression or victimization reported having had consensual sex experiences than did those students not involved in sexual aggression or victimization. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-06, Section: B, page: 3446. / Major Professor: Barbara A. Mann. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77469 |
| Contributors | Haggard, William Kent., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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