Title
Women's response to the threat of rape
Date of Award
2001
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Psychology
Advisor(s)
Bruce Carter
Keywords
Rape prevention, Self-sufficiency, Women, Threat of rape
Subject Categories
Arts and Humanities | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Women's Studies
Abstract
Self-efficacy theory was utilized to evaluate prior victimization, perceived coping self-efficacy and perceived cognitive control self-efficacy in the prediction of women's anxiety response to the threat of rape and their choice of prevention behaviors. In theory, prior victimization, perceived coping self-efficacy and perceived cognitive control self-efficacy influence anxiety and the choice of behaviors. However, according to the self-efficacy perspective, the relationship between perceived self-efficacy and both anxiety and the choice of behaviors is moderated by prior experiences. Utilizing multiple regression procedures and tests of significance among independent regression coefficients, perceived coping self-efficacy, perceived cognitive control self-efficacy and prior victimization were examined to determine the relative significance and independent contribution of each predictor variable, as well as the moderating effects of prior victimization. It was found that perceived coping self-efficacy predicted anxiety and the choice of prevention behaviors, and that prior victimization moderated this relationship. That is, it was found that the negative and significant relationship between perceived coping self-efficacy and anxiety, and the positive and significant relationship between perceived coping self-efficacy and the choice of prevention behaviors held for women who reported a history of victimization, but not for women who reported no history of victimization. These findings were explained within the context of self-efficacy theory.
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Recommended Citation
Castle, Janine Marie, "Women's response to the threat of rape" (2001). Psychology - Dissertations. 69.
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