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Title

Comparing Rape Myth Acceptance Among Police Trainees and Medical Students: A Preliminary Danish Validation of the Updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale.

Authors

Skov, Marie; van Mastrigt, Sarah; Jensen, Andreas V.

Abstract

Identifying rape myths among criminal justice and medical professionals is central to preventing secondary victimization. We present the first preliminary Danish validation of McMahon and Farmer's updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance scale using samples of police and medical trainees. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses result in a 14-item, four-factor measure that demonstrates acceptable model fit, satisfactory convergent and discriminant validity, and good internal consistency. Although reported rape myth acceptance is generally low in both samples, some subscale scores vary across professional groups, thereby identifying specific targets for intervention in different occupational contexts. Further tests of the scale are recommended.

Subjects

DENMARK; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; STATISTICS; INFERENTIAL statistics; RESEARCH evaluation; MEDICAL students; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; MULTIVARIATE analysis; DISCRIMINANT analysis; REGRESSION analysis; STEREOTYPES; CRONBACH'S alpha; SURVEYS; PSYCHOMETRICS; T-test (Statistics); FACTOR analysis; SEX crimes; RESEARCH funding; DATA analysis software; MAXIMUM likelihood statistics; POLICE; TRANSLATIONS

Publication

Violence Against Women, 2022, Vol 28, Issue 11, p2649

ISSN

1077-8012

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1177/10778012211038967