Investigating the role of psychopathic personality traits, gender and ethnicity in rape myth acceptance

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics for all continuous variables.

Variables	M	SD	Range	Minimum	Maximum
AR	11.81	3.99	23.00	7.00	30.00
CR	16.80	2.64	17.00	10.00	27.00
IPM	16.71	4.79	25.00	7.00	32.00
EGO	15.10	3.68	21.00	7.00	28.00
AMMSA	86.69	27.26	154.00	31.00	185.00
Age (years)	24.80	6.94	43.00	18.00	61.00

Note: AR = affective responsiveness; CR = cognitive responsiveness; IPM = interpersonal manipulation; EGO = egocentricity; AMMSA = Acceptance of Modern Myths About Sexual Aggression.

Table 2. Descriptive statistics of the group differences in AMMSA scores between gender, ethnicity and level of education.

Scale	Group	M	SD	t	Cohen’s d
AMMSA	Males	100.02	27.88	4.42***	0.65
	Females	82.63	25.63
	Caucasian	80.93	27.16	−4.72***	0.68
	BAME	98.21	23.71
	Below bachelors	84.25	26.86	−1.13	0.15
	Bachelors and above	88.40	27.51

Note: AMMSA = Acceptance of Modern Myths about Sexual Aggression; BAME = Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic heritage. Cohen’s d: 0.2 = small effect size; 0.5 = moderate effect size; 0.8 = large effect size (Cohen, 1998).

***p < .001.

Table 3. Correlations between AMMSA, psychopathy traits, gender and ethnicity.

Variables	AMMSA	AR	CR	IPM	EGO	Gender	Ethnicity
AMMSA	—
AR	.33***	—
CR	.34***	.56***	—
IPM	.17*	.51***	.27***	—
EGO	.24***	.58***	.49***	.61***	—
Gender	.28***	.31***	.22***	.15*	.12**	—
Ethnicity	−.30***	.07	.12*	.13*	.04	.11	—

Note: AMMSA = Acceptance of Modern Myths about Sexual Aggression; AR = affective responsiveness; CR = cognitive responsiveness; IPM = interpersonal manipulation; EGO = egocentricity.

*p < .05. **p < .005. ***p < .001.

Table 4. Hierarchical multiple regression of associations with AMMSA.

	R	R²	R²change	B	SE	β	T
Step 1	.38	.14***
AR				1.37	−0.59	.20*	2.31
CR				1.63	−0.61	.21*	2.69
IPM				−0.06	−0.46	−.01	−0.12
EGO				2.30	−0.65	.03	0.35
Step 2	.49	.24***	.10***
AR				0.88	−0.57	.13	1.54
CR				1.39	−0.58	.18*	2.41
IPM				0.38	−0.45	.07	0.84
EGO				−0.02	−0.62	−.00	−0.03
Gender				10.41	3.90	.17*	2.67
Ethnicity				−15.08	3.50	−.26***	4.31

Note: AMMSA = Acceptance of Modern Myths about Sexual Aggression; AR = affective responsiveness; CR = cognitive responsiveness; IPM = interpersonal manipulation; EGO = egocentricity.

*p < .05. ***p < .001.