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Psychopathy, intoxication, and verbal abuse: perceptions of sexual coercion in a college dating scenario
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Jun 2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-3889
Abstract
Experiences of sexual coercion and verbal abuse are common in intimate partner relationships and on college campuses. Using a college sample and a community sample, this study uses a 2 (participant psychopathy score, high or low) x 2 (level of intoxication, high or low) x 2 (level of verbal abuse, high or low) between subjects design to examine how levels of intoxication and verbal abuse, systematically varied across four written vignettes, as well as participant psychopathy scores, affected participants' perceptions of coercion in a sexually intimate encounter. Participants' perceptions of the effects of verbal abuse were found to vary depending on the level of intoxication to which the victim in the vignettes was subjected. Additionally, high levels of verbal abuse were found by participants to be most bothersome (according to their responses to outcome questions) regardless ofthe victim's level of intoxication. The data also suggest that psychopathy could affect participants' perceptions of the level of sexual coercion portrayed in each vignette, but only when psychopathy is at a clinically meaningful level. Keywords: psychopathy, sexual coercion, verbal abuse
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Details
- Title
- Psychopathy, intoxication, and verbal abuse
- Creators
- Danielle L. Hamilton - DU
- Contributors
- Kirk Heilbrun (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology); College of Arts and Sciences; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 3889; 991014632724904721