Rape victim blame contributes to unreported incidents of sexual assault and failure to support victims (Ahrens in American Journal of Community Psychology, 38 (3-4), 263-274, 2006 ). The present study investigated the relationship between religiosity, religious priming, and rape victim blame. Using an online Qualtrics panel, 247 U.S. participants were randomly assigned to either a neutral prime or a religious prime. They then read a short vignette of an acquaintance rape scenario and answered questions regarding perceptions of victim blame, victim credibility, benevolent and hostile sexism, religiosity, religious fundamentalism, and Rape Myth Acceptance (RMA). Results revealed that the religious prime reduced victim blame for highly religious participants but not among participants scoring lower in religiosity. The results confirmed that religiosity was positively correlated with both victim blame and RMA. The data also confirmed previous findings that men scored higher on blame than women and that higher religiosity correlated with higher victim blame. Additionally, RMA mediated the relationship between religiosity and rape victim blame. The results of this study could prove valuable in settings where sexual assault demands action from specifically religious individuals or institutions (e.g., jurors on a rape case in a highly-religious region or religious universities trying to confront the high prevalence of sexual assault on campus).

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一个宗教悖论：激发上帝的思想能减少强奸受害者的责任吗？

强奸受害者的责任导致未报告的性侵犯事件和未能支持受害者（Ahrens in American Journal of Community Psychology, 38 (3-4), 263-274, 2006）。本研究调查了宗教信仰、宗教启动和强奸受害者责备之间的关系。使用在线 Qualtrics 面板，247 名美国参与者被随机分配到中性素数或宗教素数。然后，他们阅读了熟人强奸场景的简短小插曲，并回答了有关受害者责备、受害者可信度、仁慈和敌对性别歧视、宗教信仰、宗教原教旨主义和强奸神话接受 (RMA) 的看法的问题。结果显示，宗教主要减少了对高度宗教参与者的受害者责备，但在宗教信仰得分较低的参与者中却没有。结果证实，宗教信仰与受害者责备和 RMA 均呈正相关。数据还证实了之前的研究结果，即男性在责备上的得分高于女性，并且更高的宗教信仰与更高的受害者责任相关。此外，RMA 调解了宗教信仰和强奸受害者责备之间的关系。这项研究的结果在性侵犯需要特定宗教个人或机构采取行动的情况下可能证明是有价值的（例如，高度宗教地区强奸案的陪审员或试图应对校园性侵犯高发率的宗教大学） . 此外，RMA 调解了宗教信仰和强奸受害者责备之间的关系。这项研究的结果在性侵犯需要特定宗教个人或机构采取行动的情况下可能证明是有价值的（例如，高度宗教地区强奸案的陪审员或试图应对校园性侵犯高发率的宗教大学） . 此外，RMA 调解了宗教信仰和强奸受害者责备之间的关系。这项研究的结果在性侵犯需要特定宗教个人或机构采取行动的情况下可能证明是有价值的（例如，高度宗教地区强奸案的陪审员或试图应对校园性侵犯高发率的宗教大学） .