2000/01/01 by John D. Foubert · 3 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Psychology · Medicine · #Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies #Sports, Gender, and Society #American Sports and Literature #Psychology #Fraternity #Poison control #Suicide prevention #Injury prevention #Empathy #Intervention (counseling) #Human factors and ergonomics #Clinical psychology #Social psychology #Medicine #Psychiatry #Medical emergency
paper · doi:10.1080/07448480009595691
openalex publication_date 2000/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Rape myth acceptance, likelihood of raping, and sexually coercive behavior of 145 fraternity men randomly assigned to a control group or a rape-prevention program were surveyed. One third of 23 fraternities on a mid-Atlantic public university campus volunteered to participate in the study. The rape-prevention intervention consisted of "the men's program," a victim empathy-based presentation titled "How to help a sexual assault survivor: What men can do." Although no evidence of change in sexually coercive behavior was found, significant 7-month declines in rape myth acceptance and the likelihood of committing rape were shown among program participants. In the case of rape myth acceptance, the 7-month decrement remained lower in the participant group than in the control group. Implications of using these initial findings from the men's program for rape-prevention programming are discussed.