Sexual aggressions in college students: the role of alcohol and rape myths

In this paper we attempt to show the most significant aspects in the literature on sexual assaults in college students. Specifically, this review focuses on the role of alcohol and the myths or beliefs about rape, as some of these factors produce great negative impact on victims, decreasing their mo...

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Autores principales: Mónica Romero-Sánchez, Jesús L. Megías
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:af78d852ddc14e47962a89c67583a3612021-11-25T02:24:14ZSexual aggressions in college students: the role of alcohol and rape myths10.21500/20112084.8772011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/af78d852ddc14e47962a89c67583a3612009-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/877https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922In this paper we attempt to show the most significant aspects in the literature on sexual assaults in college students. Specifically, this review focuses on the role of alcohol and the myths or beliefs about rape, as some of these factors produce great negative impact on victims, decreasing their motivation to report incidents, and increasing self-blaming. The work is organized in three sections: a) reviewing the problem, b) the role of alcohol in the occurrence of sexual violence, and c) the influence of erroneous beliefs and myths built around the rape. Finally, some reflections are made on the efforts that must be done by research, to get a better understanding of the occurrence of sexual assaults on university population, in order to develop prevention and intervention programs more effectiveMónica Romero-SánchezJesús L. MegíasUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleSexual aggressionrape mythsalcoholsocial attitudescollege students.PsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2009)
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language EN
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topic Sexual aggression
rape myths
alcohol
social attitudes
college students.
Psychology
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spellingShingle Sexual aggression
rape myths
alcohol
social attitudes
college students.
Psychology
BF1-990
Mónica Romero-Sánchez
Jesús L. Megías
Sexual aggressions in college students: the role of alcohol and rape myths
description In this paper we attempt to show the most significant aspects in the literature on sexual assaults in college students. Specifically, this review focuses on the role of alcohol and the myths or beliefs about rape, as some of these factors produce great negative impact on victims, decreasing their motivation to report incidents, and increasing self-blaming. The work is organized in three sections: a) reviewing the problem, b) the role of alcohol in the occurrence of sexual violence, and c) the influence of erroneous beliefs and myths built around the rape. Finally, some reflections are made on the efforts that must be done by research, to get a better understanding of the occurrence of sexual assaults on university population, in order to develop prevention and intervention programs more effective
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author Mónica Romero-Sánchez
Jesús L. Megías
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Jesús L. Megías
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title Sexual aggressions in college students: the role of alcohol and rape myths
title_short Sexual aggressions in college students: the role of alcohol and rape myths
title_full Sexual aggressions in college students: the role of alcohol and rape myths
title_fullStr Sexual aggressions in college students: the role of alcohol and rape myths
title_full_unstemmed Sexual aggressions in college students: the role of alcohol and rape myths
title_sort sexual aggressions in college students: the role of alcohol and rape myths
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