"You should have known better:" The Social Implications of Victim-Focused Sexual Assault Prevention Tips
| dc.contributor.advisor | Morrison, Melanie | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Morrison, Todd | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Lovrod, Marie | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Quinlan, Elizabeth | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Prime, Steven | |
| dc.creator | Cherniawsky, Sydney 1994- | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-03T22:28:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-01-03T22:28:42Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2018-12 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-01-03 | |
| dc.date.submitted | December 2018 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-01-03T22:28:42Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Common sexual assault prevention strategies emphasize potential victims’ responsibility to protect themselves. Using a feminist theoretical approach, the present research assesses the unintended, negative consequences that result from taking a victim-focused approach to sexual assault prevention. A between-participants experimental design was employed, whereby participants (N = 321) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: 1) victim-focused prevention tips (n = 114); 2) perpetrator-focused prevention tips (n = 103); or 3) study tips (i.e., for control purposes; n = 104). Following prevention tip exposure, participants read a sexual assault vignette and completed measures of victim culpability, perpetrator culpability, and several related constructs. Results indicated that participants who received victim-focused prevention tips attributed significantly more blame to the victim based on the vignette than participants in the perpetrator-focused condition. Implications of the findings are discussed. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10388/11700 | |
| dc.subject | Sexual Assault Prevention | |
| dc.subject | Victim Blaming | |
| dc.subject | Feminism | |
| dc.title | "You should have known better:" The Social Implications of Victim-Focused Sexual Assault Prevention Tips | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Psychology | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Applied Social | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Saskatchewan | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (M.A.) |