APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

It’s Not Rape If It’s My Partner: Differences in Measurement of Intimate Partner Sexual Assault

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session

  • Daniel Lanni
    Oakland University
  • Travis Ray
    Oakland University
  • Scott Pickett
    Oakland University
  • Michele Parkhill
    Oakland University
  • Amanda Burgess-Proctor
    Oakland University

Abstract

Sexual assault is a rarely reported crime. One potential reasoning being that most sexual assaults occur in intimate relationships. The current study investigates how victims categorize the sexual assault. Results showed that victims responded differently depending on if the measure specified if the experience occurred with a partner or not.

Relationships

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