Rape myth acceptance as correlates to the attitude towards rape victim of first year psychology students at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila

ABSTARCT: Rape myths are rampant, it cannot be prevented from associating with rape and victim blaming. This study aimed to examine the association between rape myth acceptance and attitude towards rape victim of first year psychology students at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila through correlational research design, wherein the 169 respondents were asked to answer the updated Illinois rape myth acceptance scale and attitude towards rape victim scale. The result revealed that: (a) The level of rape myth acceptance of the first year psychology student at PLM is 31.96 which falls on the positive that indicates they have a greater rejection of rape myths, (b) The attitude towards rape victim of the respondents is 19.07 which fall on the positive that indicates they have a positive attitude towards rape victim, (c) The decrese level of the rape myth acceptance led to the decrease level of negative attitude towards rape victim. These findings indicate that rape myth acceptance is associated with the attitude towards rape victim of first year psychology students at PLM.It also found out that the decrease level of rape myth acceptance and the positive attitude towards rape victim may be attributed to their exposure in psychology that deals with the study of human behavior. To address the findings a proposed awareness program was constructed mainly to stop victim blaming.

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