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Examining Women's Defenses Against Sexual Violence Perpetrated by Strangers, Acquaintances, Friends, and Romantic Partners
Examining Women's Defenses Against Sexual Violence Perpetrated by Strangers, Acquaintances, Friends, and Romantic Partners
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260311091535.5
- ISBN
- 9798270232061
- DDC
- 362
- 서명/저자
- Examining Womens Defenses Against Sexual Violence Perpetrated by Strangers, Acquaintances, Friends, and Romantic Partners / Rebecka K Hahnel-Peeters
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : The University of Texas at Austin, 2025
- 형태사항
- 1 electronic resource (341 pages)
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-06, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisors: Buss, David M. Committee members: Meston, Cindy M.; Curley, James P.; Pillsworth, Elizabeth G.
- 학위논문주기
- - Ph.D. : The University of Texas at Austin, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Given the recurrence and costly consequences of sexual violence and its prevalence throughout human history, it is reasonable to hypothesize that women have evolved defenses to prevent its occurrence, escape or mitigate costs during assaults, and stanch its costs. Previous research suggests women use certain strategies to avoid sexual violence, but the literature has not adequately explored the potential range and variation therein. Most prior research focuses on defenses against sexual violence from strangers, rather than acquaintances or romantic partners - who represent the largest proportion of perpetrators. Since sexual violence occurs in many situations and women have varying resources at their disposal, I hypothesized women would have evolved or developed a full suite of defensive mechanisms, sensitive to the context in which sexual violence may occur. One context includes the relationship or lack thereof between the victim and perpetrator. Defenses used against perpetrators within the victim's social network compared to that of strangers would likely have vastly different social repercussions. Since social relationships are essential to human survival and reproductive success, I hypothesized that women's defensive mechanisms would be sensitive to this contextual variation. Individual differences in formidability, age, sociosexual orientation, fear of sexual violence, relationship status, and sexual victimization history were also hypothesized to affect the use of defensive behaviors. Across three studies, I examined how hypothesized design features of women's defense psychology manifests in different defensive behaviors, focusing on how often and in which contexts women report using various behaviors. The first study tested the frequency with which women use 398 unique behaviors across two perpetrators: strangers and romantic partners. Studies 2 and 3 test hypothesized design features of women's defense psychology producing defensive tactics in a mixed-factorial design manipulating (1) the threat level of the environment (low, high), (2) perpetrator-self relationship (stranger, acquaintance, friend, and romantic partner), and (3) victimization-threat (mugging, sexual assault). I found mixed support for predictions stemming from sexual conflict and error management theory. Discussion focused on sexually differentiated design features, individual differences, and implications of these data.
- 언어주기
- English
- 일반주제명
- Criminology
- 일반주제명
- Sexuality
- 일반주제명
- Clinical psychology
- 키워드
- Sexual violence
- 키워드
- Victim
- 기타저자
- The University of Texas at Austin Psychology
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-06A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■5021 ▼bPh.D.▼cThe University of Texas at Austin▼d2025.
■520 ▼aGiven the recurrence and costly consequences of sexual violence and its prevalence throughout human history, it is reasonable to hypothesize that women have evolved defenses to prevent its occurrence, escape or mitigate costs during assaults, and stanch its costs. Previous research suggests women use certain strategies to avoid sexual violence, but the literature has not adequately explored the potential range and variation therein. Most prior research focuses on defenses against sexual violence from strangers, rather than acquaintances or romantic partners - who represent the largest proportion of perpetrators. Since sexual violence occurs in many situations and women have varying resources at their disposal, I hypothesized women would have evolved or developed a full suite of defensive mechanisms, sensitive to the context in which sexual violence may occur. One context includes the relationship or lack thereof between the victim and perpetrator. Defenses used against perpetrators within the victim's social network compared to that of strangers would likely have vastly different social repercussions. Since social relationships are essential to human survival and reproductive success, I hypothesized that women's defensive mechanisms would be sensitive to this contextual variation. Individual differences in formidability, age, sociosexual orientation, fear of sexual violence, relationship status, and sexual victimization history were also hypothesized to affect the use of defensive behaviors. Across three studies, I examined how hypothesized design features of women's defense psychology manifests in different defensive behaviors, focusing on how often and in which contexts women report using various behaviors. The first study tested the frequency with which women use 398 unique behaviors across two perpetrators: strangers and romantic partners. Studies 2 and 3 test hypothesized design features of women's defense psychology producing defensive tactics in a mixed-factorial design manipulating (1) the threat level of the environment (low, high), (2) perpetrator-self relationship (stranger, acquaintance, friend, and romantic partner), and (3) victimization-threat (mugging, sexual assault). I found mixed support for predictions stemming from sexual conflict and error management theory. Discussion focused on sexually differentiated design features, individual differences, and implications of these data.
■546 ▼aEnglish
■590 ▼aSchool code: 0227
■650 4▼aCriminology
■650 4▼aSexuality
■650 4▼aClinical psychology
■653 ▼aSexual violence
■653 ▼aRelationship status
■653 ▼aError management theory
■653 ▼aSexual victimization
■653 ▼aVictim
■7102 ▼aThe University of Texas at Austin▼bPsychology.▼edegree granting institution.
■7201 ▼aBuss, David M.▼edegree supervisor.
■7730 ▼tDissertations Abstracts International▼g87-06A.
■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17361207▼nKERIS▼z이 자료의 원문은 한국교육학술정보원에서 제공합니다.
