Date of Award
2010
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Psychology
Keywords
Psychology, Social.
Supervisor
Towson, Shelagh (Psychology)
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
This study examines victim blaming for body weight and victim blaming for rape. This study aims to bring these two research strands together to examine victim blaming attitudes towards overweight rape victims. Weight stigma and victim blaming are significant problems in health care, so a sample of future health care providers were recruited to examine their attitudes towards rape victims depending on weight and sexual history. Hypothetical patient files were presented, followed by a questionnaire assessing victim blaming attitudes. Results indicated that sexual history still has a strong influence on victim blaming (more so for men than women), and that patient weight did not influence participants' attitudes towards patients. A three-way interaction was found which indicated that sexual history did not influence attitudes towards overweight patients, but that men and women had opposite reactions to normal weight patients. Limitations, future directions, and implications of this research are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Gotovac, Sandra, "Body Weight, Sexual History, and Rape: Attitudes of Future Health Care Providers" (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 32.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/32