Because female rape survivors who are listened to and believed have been found to have fewer difficulties, it is essential that researchers examine factors that influence the social reactions survivors receive. The present experiment included 397 female U.S. college-students who were randomly assigned to read a vignette that either reflected an acknowledged rape survivor (i.e., used the word “rape” to describe the incident) or described an unacknowledged rape survivor (e.g., used the word “miscommunication” to describe the incident). The college women then answered questions about their own levels of rape myth rejection and indicated on measures of positive social reactions, negative social reactions, and victim blame how they would respond to the hypothetical rape survivor. The results demonstrated that the female participants’ answers on positive social reactions and victim blame were a function of both the survivors’ acknowledgment status and the participants’ rape myth rejection. The interaction was not supported for negative social reactions, but this non-finding may have stemmed from a restricted range of variance and overall low scores on that variable. The results are discussed in the context of both individual and systemic interventions that may lead to more positive, helpful, and affirming responses to survivors via the reduction of rape myths.

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女性披露接受者如何对女性幸存者做出反应：承认强奸和拒绝强奸神话的影响

由于已发现被倾听和相信的女性强奸幸存者遇到的困难较少，因此研究人员必须检查影响幸存者收到的社会反应的因素。本实验包括 397 名美国女大学生，她们被随机分配阅读反映公认的强奸幸存者（即，使用“强奸”一词来描述事件）或描述未被承认的强奸幸存者（例如，使用用“误传”一词来描述事件）。然后，女大学生回答了关于她们自己对强奸神话拒绝程度的问题，并指出了积极社会反应、消极社会反应和受害者责备的措施，她们将如何应对假设的强奸幸存者。结果表明，女性参与者对积极社会反应和受害者责备的回答是幸存者承认状态和参与者对强奸神话拒绝的函数。负面社会反应不支持互动，但这种未发现可能源于该变量的方差范围有限和总体得分较低。结果在个人和系统干预的背景下进行了讨论，这些干预可能会通过减少强奸神话对幸存者产生更积极、更有帮助和肯定的反应。但这种未发现的结果可能源于该变量的方差范围有限和总体得分较低。结果在个人和系统干预的背景下进行了讨论，这些干预可能会通过减少强奸神话对幸存者产生更积极、更有帮助和肯定的反应。但这种未发现的结果可能源于该变量的方差范围有限和总体得分较低。结果在个人和系统干预的背景下进行了讨论，这些干预可能会通过减少强奸神话对幸存者产生更积极、更有帮助和肯定的反应。