Perpetration experience and gender predicting empathy with a stranger or acquaintance rapist

Author

Ruby L. Orth, Salisbury University
Suzanne L. Osman, Salisbury University

Periodical Title

Modern Psychological Studies

Volume

21

Number

1

Page Numbers

pages 34-39

Department

Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Date

2015

Abstract

This study examined empathy with a hypothetical rapist based on experimentally varied type of rape (stranger; acquaintance), participant perpetration experience, and gender. Undergraduate students (115 male, 206 female) completed the Rape Perpetrator Empathy-During Subscale and Sexual Experiences Survey. Hypotheses were partially supported. Sexual perpetrators (of acquaintances) reported greater empathy than nonperpetrators, and men reported greater empathy than women. Type of rape was not significant. Findings support past research, but more data from rapists is needed.

Subject

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Document Type

article

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

6 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

BF1 .M63 v. 21 no. 1 2015

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Recommended Citation

Orth, Ruby L. and Osman, Suzanne L. (2015) "Perpetration experience and gender predicting empathy with a stranger or acquaintance rapist," Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 21: No. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol21/iss1/6