The Role of Psychopathy and Exposure to Violence in Rape Myth Acceptance

Debowska, Agata; Boduszek, Daniel; Dhingra, Katie; Kola, Susanna; Meller-Prunska, Aleksandra

doi:10.1177/0886260514553635

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“…Yet, RMA remained significant in a model that controlled for "perceived norms", which likely overlaps with: "conformity to masculine norms" and "peer support of abuse". Therefore, the variables: psychopathy, and comprehension of sexual consent, might represent the best targets for future research on RMA and sexual violence, especially as there is preliminary evidence elsewhere to suggest an association between RMA and psychopathy (Debowska, Boduszek, Dhingra, Kola, & Meller-Prunska, 2015). This builds on the results of a previous systematic review of the association between RMA and sexual violence behaviours, in which 29 out of 31 cross-sectional studies and 2 out of 3 prospective works established significant associations (Tharp et al, 2013).…”

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A systematic review of the association between rape myth acceptance and male-on-female sexual violence

Yapp

Quayle

2018

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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Rape myth acceptance is considered an established risk factor for male-onfemale sexual violence, and is therefore the target of a number of primary prevention programmes. However, there is not a clear evidence base substantiating the role of rape myth acceptance in sexual violence, nor any reviews of recent literature. This review systematically searched relevant Psychology and Social Science databases in Autumn 2016, in order to collate cross-sectional and longitudinal research on the association between rape myth acceptance and self-reported sexual violence. The analysis established associations between these variables in all but one study (Warren, Swan, & Allen, 2015), and two longitudinal studies demonstrated that rape myth acceptance differentiates non-perpetrators from those who go on to exhibit sexual violence behaviours. These findings provide support for the targeting of rape myth acceptance in primary prevention strategies. However, a number of failings within this literature were also identified: instruments used to analyse rape myth acceptance were widely varied; the comprehensiveness of study reporting was universally flawed; measures were rarely taken to ensure participants were heterosexual men; and there remains a dearth of longitudinal evidence, as well as a lack of research outside of the United States. Future directions and other limitations are discussed.

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A systematic review of the association between rape myth acceptance and male-on-female sexual violence

Yapp

Quayle

2018

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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“…These assessment limitations prevented us from analyzing typological proposals, as others have done (Dixon et al, 2008;Elisha et al, 2010). Recent studies (Debowska, Boduszek, Dhingra, Kola, & Meller-Prunska, 2015;Debowska, Boduszek, & Willmott, in press) also emphasize the weight of childhood exposure to violence in the development of cognitive distortions, and dating sexual violence-supportive attitudes among different types of offenders, including homicide offenders. Although child adjustment and problematic socialization items may include such kind of child abuse, it could be interesting to compare the specific prevalence of victimization in the same type of sample.…”

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Risk Factors of Female Intimate Partner and Non-Intimate Partner Homicides

Loinaz

Marzabal

Andrés-Pueyo

2018

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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A B S T R A C TThe most alarming type of intimate partner violence is homicide. Violence risk assessment of intimate partner violent offenders is a common topic in police and prison contexts with the aim of preventing recidivism and fatal results. The purpose of this study was to analyze whether men who kill their intimate partner (intimate partner homicide -IPH) present different risk factors from those who kill women outside of a relationship (non-intimate partner homicide -non-IPH). The crime characteristics of 30 attempted or completed IPHs that were sentenced in Catalonia (Spain) between 2004 and 2009 are described. Moreover, the risk factors of 21 completed IPHs and 20 non-IPHs were compared using the RisCanvi, an actuarial risk assessment tool used in the Catalan prison context to manage inmates. Results show differences between the two types of offenders in the criminal role and recklessness, more prevalent among non-IPHs, which is consistent with research indicating that IPH offenders are similar to other homicide offenders. The difficulties faced seeking to assess and manage the risk of IPH are discussed.

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“…Offering tentative support for this, earlier research revealed that childhood exposure to violence can result in cognitive distortions pertaining to rape (Debowska, Boduszek, Dhingra, Kola, & Meller-Prunska, 2014), which can then lead to overtly aggressive behavior (Hersh & Gray-Little, 1998;Lonsway & Fitzgerald, 1994). However, it may also be that certain in-born vulnerabilities in interaction with environmental factors lead to the emergence of criminal behavior (Ertem et al, 2000).…”

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Victim, perpetrator, and offense characteristics in filicide and filicide–suicide

Debowska

Boduszek

Dhingra

2015

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical review of most recent studies of parental and stepparental filicide. A detailed review of the literature revealed the importance of certain demographic, environmental, and psychosocial factors in the commission of child homicide.Our findings indicate that filicides perpetrated by genetic parents and stepparents differ considerably in terms of underlying motivational factors. Data in the literature suggest that biological parents are more likely to choose methods of killing which produce quick and painless death, whereas stepparents frequently kill their wards by beating. Research results demonstrate the victims of maternal filicides to be significantly younger than the victims of paternal filicides. Additionally, filicide-suicide is most often associated with parental psychopathology. Genetic fathers are at the greatest risk of death by suicide after the commission of familicide. These findings are discussed in relation to theoretical frameworks explaining the occurrence of child murder. Further, limitations of reviewed studies and directions for future research are presented.

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The Role of Psychopathy and Exposure to Violence in Rape Myth Acceptance

Cited by 49 publications

References 74 publications

A systematic review of the association between rape myth acceptance and male-on-female sexual violence

A systematic review of the association between rape myth acceptance and male-on-female sexual violence

Risk Factors of Female Intimate Partner and Non-Intimate Partner Homicides

Victim, perpetrator, and offense characteristics in filicide and filicide–suicide

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