Rape Myth Acceptance Among College Students in the United States, Japan, and India

Tamara Stephens, Akiko Kamimura, Niwako Yamawaki, Haimanti Bhattacharya, Wenjing Mo, Ryan Birkholz, Angie Makomenaw and Lenora M. Olson

SAGE Open, 2016, vol. 6, issue 4, 2158244016675015

Abstract: Rape myth acceptance is an important determinant of sexual assault behaviors. This study explored country and gender differences in rape myth acceptance among undergraduate students in the United States, Japan, and India. Male and female college students ( N = 637) in these three countries participated in a self-administered survey in the fall of 2012 (the United States, n = 206; Japan, n = 215; and India, n = 216). The order of the countries arranged in increasing order of likelihood of disbelieving rape claim was as follows: the United States, Japan, and India. U.S. and Japanese students were less likely to disbelieve rape claims ( p

Keywords: rape myth; college students; the United States; Japan; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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