TY - JOUR
T1 - The Effects of Sports Media Exposure on College Students' Rape Myth Beliefs and Intentions to Intervene in a Sexual Assault
AU - Hust, Stacey J.T.
AU - Lei, Ming
AU - Ren, Chunbo
AU - Chang, Hua
AU - McNab, Anna L.
AU - Marett, Emily G.
AU - Willoughby, Jessica Fitts
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - An online survey was fielded to freshmen living in residence halls at a northwestern university in the United States. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate the structure of relationships among exposure to mainstream sports media, rape myth acceptance, and intentions to intervene in sexual assault situations while controlling for gender traits. Given that prior research suggests men and women differ in their beliefs about sexual assault, analyses were performed on male (n = 111) and female (n = 241) respondents separately. Among women, exposure to sports media was positively associated with rape myth acceptance, which in turn was negatively associated with intentions to intervene in sexual assault situations. Among men, consuming sports media was negatively associated with intentions to intervene in a sexual assault. The findings suggest that exposure to some sports media may be negatively associated to individuals' intentions to intervene in a sexual assault.
AB - An online survey was fielded to freshmen living in residence halls at a northwestern university in the United States. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate the structure of relationships among exposure to mainstream sports media, rape myth acceptance, and intentions to intervene in sexual assault situations while controlling for gender traits. Given that prior research suggests men and women differ in their beliefs about sexual assault, analyses were performed on male (n = 111) and female (n = 241) respondents separately. Among women, exposure to sports media was positively associated with rape myth acceptance, which in turn was negatively associated with intentions to intervene in sexual assault situations. Among men, consuming sports media was negatively associated with intentions to intervene in a sexual assault. The findings suggest that exposure to some sports media may be negatively associated to individuals' intentions to intervene in a sexual assault.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84890338357&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15205436.2013.816737
DO - 10.1080/15205436.2013.816737
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84890338357
VL - 16
SP - 762
EP - 786
JO - Mass Communication and Society
JF - Mass Communication and Society
SN - 1520-5436
IS - 6
ER -