Open AccessMen’s responses to women’s sexual refusals: Development and construct validity of a virtual dating simulation of sexual aggression.
Author(s) -
Antonia Abbey,
Sheri E. Pegram,
Jacqueline Woerner,
Rhiana Wegner
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
psychology of violence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.346
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2152-0828
pISSN - 2152-081X
DOI - 10.1037/vio0000078
Subject(s) - psychology , discriminant validity , construct validity , aggression , convergent validity , casual , developmental psychology , poison control , clinical psychology , sex offense , incremental validity , social psychology , human factors and ergonomics , psychometrics , sexual abuse , internal consistency , medicine , materials science , environmental health , composite material
To provide evidence regarding the construct validity of a sexual aggression proxy in which male participants go on multiple virtual dates with a woman. A unique strength of this proxy is participants' opportunity to make choices throughout the simulation about how they interact with their virtual date. These decisions determine their exposure to the female agent's sexual refusals.