ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023

The Message Matters: Sexual Assault Intervention Content Interacts with Hostile Maculinity and an Impersonal Sex Orientation

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Clinical Science

  • Alberto Torres-Aragón
    Binghamton University, The State University of New York
  • Kyra Ricci
    University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Cathy Chen
    Binghamton University, The State University of New York
  • Michael Shaw
    Binghamton University, The State University of New York
  • Richard Mattson
    Binghamton University, The State University of New York

Abstract

Male participants completed an assessment of their sexual aggression risk status and read vignettes of hypothetical sexual assault prevention programs. Psychological traits (hostile masculinity and impersonal sex orientation) and elements of the vignette (presenter gender and level of jargon) were significantly associated with how participants perceived the hypothetical program.

Sexuality/Sexual Behavior