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The Effects of Sexist Language on Attribution of Blame Following Sexual Assault


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dc.contributor.advisorPipes, Randolph
dc.contributor.authorLively, Lisa
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-04T19:26:32Z
dc.date.available2012-05-04T19:26:32Z
dc.date.issued2012-05-04
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10415/3094
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the relationship between the sexist language used to describe women, whether that language was presented implicitly or explicitly, and blame ratings following the reading of an acquaintance-based sexual assault scenario. Participants (N=191) were implicitly or explicitly primed with hostile sexist, benevolent sexist, or neutral language and then asked to rate perpetrator and victim blame following a sexual assault scenario. Results indicate that while participants were successfully primed with the language, there was no statistically significant difference in blame ratings between the explicit and implicit priming conditions. Additionally, the language condition (hostile, benevolent, neutral) did not significantly alter participants’ blame ratings.en_US
dc.rightsEMBARGO_NOT_AUBURNen_US
dc.subjectCounseling Psychologyen_US
dc.titleThe Effects of Sexist Language on Attribution of Blame Following Sexual Assaulten_US
dc.typedissertationen_US
dc.embargo.lengthNO_RESTRICTIONen_US
dc.embargo.statusNOT_EMBARGOEDen_US

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