Rape myth acceptance: investigating the dimensionality of the Illinois rape myth acceptance scale and the male rape myth scale.

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dc.contributor.advisorKafaar, Zuhayren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGeldenhuis, Demi Louiseen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of Psychology.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-28T07:21:41Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-08T18:56:53Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2023-11-28T07:21:41Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2024-01-08T18:56:53Zen_ZA
dc.date.issued2023-12en_ZA
dc.descriptionThesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2023.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: The measurement of rape myth acceptance has thus far been grounded in classical test theory, and rape myth acceptance scales have historically focused exclusively on either male or female rape myths. My research is an exploratory investigation into the dimensionality of the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale, the Male Rape Myth Scale, and the combined item pool of both measures. Using convenience sampling, I recruited 2,536 students from Stellenbosch University in South Africa. I conducted a series of dimensionality assessments under a bifactor analytic framework, to determine whether (a) one or both scales could be considered essentially unidimensional, and (b) whether both sets of items tap into the same underlying construct. The results of my dimensionality investigation indicate that both the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale and the Male Rape Myth scale can be treated as unidimensional under an item response theory framework, but not under a factor analytic framework. Furthermore, the male rape myths and female rape myths included in this study appear to tap into the same general rape myth acceptance dimension.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die meting van verkragtingsmite-aanvaarding is tot dusver gegrond binne klassieke toetsteorie, en verkragtingsmite-skale het histories uitsluitlik óf op manlike óf vroulike verkragtingsmites gefokus. My navorsing is ‘n verkennende ondersoek rondom die dimensionaliteit van die Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale, die Male Rape Myth Scale, en die gekombineerde poel van items van beide meetinstrumente. By wyse van gerieflikheids-monsterneming het ek 2,536 studente van die Universiteit Stellenbosch in Suid-Afrika gewerf. Ek het ‘n reeks dimensionaliteitsassesserings onderneem binne ‘n bifaktor analitiese raamwerk om vas te stel of (a) een of albei skale basies as eendimensioneel beskou kan word, en (b) of beide stelle items op dieselfde onderliggende konstruk berus. Die resultate van my dimensionaliteitsondersoek dui aan dat beide die Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale en die Male Rape Myth Scale binne ‘n itemresponsteorie-raamwerk as eendimensioneel behandel kan word, maar nie binne ‘n faktor-analitiese raamwerk nie. Verder berus die manlike verkragtingsmites en vroulike verkragtingsmites wat binne hierdie studie ingesluit is klaarblyklik op dieselfde algemene verkragtingsmite-aanvaardingsdimensie.af_ZA
dc.description.versionMastersen_ZA
dc.format.extentxiii, 163 pages : illustrationsen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/129005en_ZA
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subjectrape myth acceptance, bifactor modelling, dimensionality assessment, item response theoryen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshRape -- Public opinion -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshBifactor analytic frameworken_ZA
dc.subject.lcshItem response theory -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshIllinois rape myth acceptance scaleen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshFactor analysis -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshSexual assault -- Acceptance -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleRape myth acceptance: investigating the dimensionality of the Illinois rape myth acceptance scale and the male rape myth scale.en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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