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Examining Collegiate Students’ Perceptions Of Date Rape And Sexual Assault, Jalen Rhodes
Examining Collegiate Students’ Perceptions Of Date Rape And Sexual Assault, Jalen Rhodes
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The purpose of this study was to examine how collegiate males and females perceived date rape and sexual assault by looking into their views on sexual scripts, consent, and alcohol in dating situations. Participants consisted of 323 male and female undergraduate students enrolled in psychology classes at a mid-south university. All participants were directed to an online questionnaire and were randomly assigned to one of four versions of a vignette where a man and a woman are at a party together. After reading their vignette, all participants answered researcher-created questions pertaining to the behavior of the people in the vignette …