Graduate Program
School Psychology
Degree Name
Specialist in School Psychology
Semester of Degree Completion
1998
Thesis Director
William Addison
Abstract
Two hundred eighty-seven students representing each of the four undergraduate levels and the graduate level participated in this study. Participants completed questions about personal characteristics and the long form of the Rape Myth Acceptance Scale developed by Diana Payne (1993). A 2 x 2 analysis of variance was used to assess the effects of gender and athletic status (intercollegiate athlete vs. nonathlete) on the overall RMA score and seven subscale scores. Results showed that men had higher rape myth acceptance than women on all subscale scores and total RMA scale. Athletes as a group had higher RMA than nonathletes on total RMA and six of seven subscales. On the subscale He Didn't Mean To/ Couldn't Help It, a significant interaction indicated that gender was not a factor on the subscale scores for athletes whereas it was a factor for nonathletes.
Recommended Citation
Moore, Johanna L., "Gender and University Athletic Status as Factors in Rape Myth Acceptance" (1998). Masters Theses. 1756.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/1756
