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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 3, 295-315 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167297233008

Individual Differences and Attitudes Toward Rape: A Meta-Analytic Review

Kathryn B. Anderson

Our Lady of the Lake University

Harris Cooper

University of Missouri-Columbia

Linda Okamura

University of Missouri-Columbia

An overview discusses (a) the importance of rape attitudes, (b) the major rape attitude measures, and (c) the applicability of four theoretical frameworks of hostility toward women to rape attitude maintenance. Findings from 72 studies of rape attitudes and individual differences were quantitatively synthesized. The meta-analysis revealed more rape acceptance for men, older people, and people from lower socioeconomic status backgrounds. For men, cognitive predispositions toward perpetrating rape were strong predictors of rape acceptance. For women, experience as and exposure to rape victims were associated with slightly less rape acceptance. Consistent with some theoretical predictions, traditional gender role beliefs, adversarial sexual beliefs, needs for power and dominance, aggressiveness and anger, and conservative political beliefs predicted rape acceptance. Implications for rape education programs and research are discussed.


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