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Effects of salience of rape on sex role attitudes, trust, and self‐esteem in non‐raped women
Author(s) -
Schwarz Norbert,
Brand Julianne F.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2420130105
Subject(s) - psychology , salience (neuroscience) , social psychology , self esteem , mortality salience , locus of control , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology
Women who thought about rape prior to answering questions about themselves reported lower self‐esteem, stronger belief in traditional sex roles, and lower trust in other persons than women who were not induced to think about rape. Achievement motivation and locus of control, on the other hand, were not affected by the salience of rape. The data suggest that rape has an intimidating effect on non‐raped women as previously suspected in feminist literature, although not all variables suspected may be affected.