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Rape Victims' Attitudes to Rape Myth Acceptance

Rachel Egan Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
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Janet Clare Wilson Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 345-357 | Published online: 01 Aug 2011

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Emma C. Lathan, Sarah Koon-Magnin, Candice N. Selwyn, Hope Isaak & Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling. (2022) Rape Myth Acceptance and Other Barriers to Formally Reporting Sexual Assault Among College Students With and Without Sexual Assault Histories. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 38:9-10, pages 6773-6797.
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Agnieszka Ewa Łyś, Kamilla Bargiel-Matusiewicz, Tomasz Krasuski & Anna Studzińska. (2021) Psychometric properties of the polish updated Illinois rape myth acceptance scale. Current Psychology 42:1, pages 445-459.
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Zerbrina Valdespino-Hayden, Kate Walsh & Sarah R. Lowe. (2021) Rape Myth Acceptance Buffers the Association Between Sexual Assault and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among College Students. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 37:21-22, pages NP20386-NP20408.
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Alexandra R. Thelan & Elizabeth A. Meadows. (2021) The Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale—Subtle Version: Using an Adapted Measure to Understand the Declining Rates of Rape Myth Acceptance. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 37:19-20, pages NP17807-NP17833.
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Marie Skov, Sarah van Mastrigt & Andreas V. Jensen. (2021) Comparing Rape Myth Acceptance Among Police Trainees and Medical Students: A Preliminary Danish Validation of the Updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale. Violence Against Women 28:11, pages 2649-2676.
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Mary Catlin, Kyle C. Scherr, Christopher P. Barlett, Erin Jacobs & Christopher J. Normile. (2019) Bounded Blame: The Effects of Victim–Perpetrator Relationship and Victimization History on Judgments of Sexual Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 36:15-16, pages NP8800-NP8823.
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