Hear No Evil, See No Evil? Associations of Gender, Trauma History, and Values with Believing Trauma Vignettes

Abstract

Attitudes and beliefs about sexual assault in general influence judgments about the veracity of specific sexual assault reports and disclosures (Taylor, 2007

Beyond Gender: Proximity to Interpersonal Trauma in Examining Differences in Believing Child Abuse Disclosures

“…It has been speculated that because women tend to be victimized more often than men, women may be able to relate to the individual and believe a disclosure more so than men. However, past research also found that some men believe more than other men (e.g., Cromer & Freyd, 2009). Men who rated the disclosure as more true were more likely to have personally experienced some form of IPT, suggesting that IPT exposure rather than gender may be underlying differences in believing.…”

“…If so, proximity to trauma by way of personal experience or personal victimization could increase plausibility and relate to more believing. Cromer and Freyd (2009) found that males who had a childhood history of CSA or who witnessed interpersonal violence believed others' disclosures at the same level as did women (regardless of women's own trauma histories), whereas males without a history of IPT exhibited less believing. The question that was not answered by this study was whether personal experience by way of victimization increased believing or whether intimate knowledge of another person's CSA impacted believing.…”

“…Theoretically speaking, trauma experience may explain some of these gender differences in believing. Cromer and Freyd (2009) found that participants' own histories of childhood IPT significantly diminished gender differences in believing. Men who had a history of childhood interpersonal violence (CSA or witnessing domestic violence) reported believing others' disclosures at the same levels as did women (Cromer & Freyd, 2009).…”

“…Cromer and Freyd (2009) found that participants' own histories of childhood IPT significantly diminished gender differences in believing. Men who had a history of childhood interpersonal violence (CSA or witnessing domestic violence) reported believing others' disclosures at the same levels as did women (Cromer & Freyd, 2009). Nonetheless, the difference in believing based on men's trauma histories did not explain why trauma history did not affect women's belief or disbelief of trauma disclosures.…”

Çocukluk Dönemi Cinsel İstismarına İlişkin Mitler Ölçeği’nin Geliştirilmesi: Geçerlik Ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

“…ÇCİ ile ilgili Nilüfer KOÇTÜRK-Seval KIZILDAĞ mitler bireylerin tutum ve davranışlarında olayı inkâr, önemsizleştirme ve mağduru veya istismarcıyı aşırı suçlama olmak üzere üç düzeyde ortaya çıkmaktadır (Boakye, 2009). Cromer ve Goldsmith (2010) (Cromer ve Freyd, 2009;Cromer ve Goldsmith, 2010). Örneğin, cinsel istismar senaryoları…”