This study investigated whether attitudes toward a complainant of sexual assault are affected by the knowledge that the complainant had previously made a similar allegation. This was a 3 (previous allegation; none, child sexual assault or adult sexual assault) × 2 (whether the previous allegation was substantiated) × 2 (the implied mental health status of the complainant; mental health issue vs. none) multifactorial, experimental study, employing independent-measures and hypothetical vignettes depicting stranger rape scenarios. The dependent variables were victim-blame and believability. The participants were 243 female undergraduate students. A multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) revealed several main and interactive effects. Allegations of sexual revictimization were associated with different levels of victim-blame and believability depending on when the previous assault occurred. A history of childhood sexual assault reduced the believability of the complainant and when combined with other factors increased the tendency to attribute victim-blame.

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性被害投诉人感知可信度的实验研究：怀疑与受害者-布莱姆

这项研究调查了对性侵犯申诉人的态度是否受到知道申诉人先前曾提出过类似指控的影响。这是3（先前的指控；没有，对儿童的性侵犯或成人性侵犯）×2（是否证实了先前的指控）×2（申诉人的隐含心理健康状况；心理健康问题与否）多因素，实验性这项研究采用独立措施和假想的小插曲来描绘陌生人的强奸案。因变量是受害人责备和可信度。参与者是243名女大学生。多元方差分析（MANOVA）揭示了几个主要和交互作用。根据先前的袭击发生时间，性受害指控与受害人责备程度和可信度不同。童年时期发生性侵犯的历史降低了申诉人的可信度，当与其他因素相结合时，则增加了归咎于受害者的倾向。