ABSTRACT

Using a survey of college students in the US, this study examines whether the way students attribute responsibility is associated with perceived risk of sexual assaults and willingness to engage in preventive behaviours. We then link news media use to attributions of responsibility to examine whether media use is related with risk perceptions and preventive behaviours through the mediation of attributions of responsibility. Attributing responsibility to victims was correlated with perceiving a lower risk, while finding colleges responsible was related with perceiving a greater risk. Such relationships were moderated by gender, suggesting that attributions of responsibility might have different effects between male and female students. Attributions of responsibility were also associated with helping victims and taking protective measures. Finally, news media use was positively correlated with blaming victims, while negatively associated with finding perpetrators responsible, and these attributions of responsibility mediated the link between media use and the outcome variables.

PRACTICE IMPACT STATEMENT

This article will assist educators and professionals in designing strategies for sexual assault prevention by explaining how attributing responsibility to victims, perpetrators, or colleges is related to college student's perceived risk and willingness to engage in preventive behaviours.

中文翻译：

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谁应对校园性侵犯负责？新闻媒体使用、责任归属与大学生风险感知和参与预防行为的意愿

摘要

通过对美国大学生的一项调查，本研究检验了学生归因责任的方式是否与感知的性侵犯风险和参与预防行为的意愿有关。然后，我们将新闻媒体使用与责任归因联系起来，以通过责任归因的中介来检验媒体使用是否与风险认知和预防行为相关。将责任归咎于受害者与感知较低风险相关，而找到负责的大学与感知更大风险相关。这种关系受性别影响，这表明责任归属可能对男女学生产生不同的影响。责任归属也与帮助受害者和采取保护措施有关。最后，

实践影响声明

本文将通过解释将责任归咎于受害者、肇事者或大学与大学生感知风险和参与预防行为的意愿之间的关系，帮助教育工作者和专业人士设计预防性侵犯的策略。