NCJ Number
174307
Journal
Sexual Abuse Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Dated: April 1998 Pages: 97-112
Date Published
1998
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This article investigates the psychometric properties and aspects of the construct validity of the Rape Conformity Assessment (RCA).
Abstract
The article investigates the test-retest reliability and internal consistency of Malamuth's Attraction to Sexual Aggression scale and Burt's Rape Myth Acceptance, Acceptance of Interpersonal Violence (AIV), and Adversarial Sexual Beliefs scales. One hundred twenty-six undergraduate males in three samples served as subjects. The RCA may be useful as a disguised measure that addresses the social desirability problem in rape prevention and treatment outcome research. A imitation of the RCA is that it is relatively expensive to administer. Subjects must be assessed individually and each assessment requires the use of two confederates and one experimenter. With the exception of the AIV, the psychometric properties of the administered scales were adequate. The conformity manipulation revealed strong effects, which suggests that the potential to rape should be viewed not only as a trait but also as having situational components. Tables, appendix, references