BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Arts and Sciences,Thesis/Dissertations DESCRIPTION:Thesis Defense Announcement Target Audience: Faculty and StaffC ategory: Thesis DefenseTitle of Defense: Master’s Thesis Defense by Jess ica S. SantosDate of Defense: 9/8/26 3pmLocation: Zoom https://umassd .zoom.us/j/92937452108?pwd=Rhgy4Oazkzy7EhL22Kn7USgyow0i0j.1Start time of D efense: 3pm Title of Paper: An Exploratory Pilot Study: Measuring Rape Lab eling and the Relationship between Social Support, Rape Myths, and Labelin g Accuracy in Women Abstract: Rape labeling involves both how individuals interpret sexual violence and how accurately they identify legally defined rape and sexual assault. The present exploratory pilot study examined how social support, rape myth endorsement, and sexual conservatism were assoc iated with rape labeling and labeling accuracy when outcomes were measured continuously and dichotomously. Different ways of measuring both rape and sexual assault labeling and accuracy were examined. Participants were 241 women who completed measures of rape myth acceptance and sexual conservat ism and evaluated vignettes depicting rape and sexual assault scenarios wi th validating or invalidating social support responses. Findings revealed differences between labeling sexual assault and rape. Support type did not significantly predict labeling but was associated with greater accuracy o n several measures. Sexual conservatism and the Illinois Rape Myth Accepta nce “Not Really Rape” subscale were the most consistent predictors of incorrect labeling and poorer accuracy. Contrary to the study’s hypoth esis, the “She Lied” subscale of the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance sca le predicted greater accuracy. Overall, findings suggest that participants were better at identifying sexual assault than rape, and that rape myth e ndorsement and sexual conservatism may play important roles in the recogni tion of sexual violence. Results and suggestions of different accuracy mea sures will be discussed. Advisor: Raina V. Lamade, Ph.D., ABPP Committee Members: R. Thomas Boone, Ph.D. and Mahzad Hojjat, Ph.D. Contact Email: r lamade@umassd.edu\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-8-26-ps ychology-thesis-defense.php\nEvent link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/92937452 108?pwd=Rhgy4Oazkzy7EhL22Kn7USgyow0i0j.1 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Thesis Defense Announcement

Target Audience: Faculty and Staff
Category: Thesis Defense
Title of Defense: Master’s Thesis Defense by Jessica S. Santos
Dat e of Defense: 9/8/26 3pm
Location: Zoom https://umassd .zoom.us/j/92937452108?pwd=Rhgy4Oazkzy7EhL22Kn7USgyow0i0j.1
Start time of Defense: 3pm

Title of Paper: An Exploratory Pilot Study: Measuring Rape Labeling and the Relationship between Social Support\, Rape Myths\, and Labeling Accuracy in Women

Abstract:

Rape lab eling involves both how individuals interpret sexual violence and how accu rately they identify legally defined rape and sexual assault. The present exploratory pilot study examined how social support\, rape myth endorsemen t\, and sexual conservatism were associated with rape labeling and labelin g accuracy when outcomes were measured continuously and dichotomously. Dif ferent ways of measuring both rape and sexual assault labeling and accurac y were examined. Participants were 241 women who completed measures of rap e myth acceptance and sexual conservatism and evaluated vignettes depictin g rape and sexual assault scenarios with validating or invalidating social support responses. Findings revealed differences between labeling sexual assault and rape. Support type did not significantly predict labeling but was associated with greater accuracy on several measures. Sexual conservat ism and the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance “Not Really Rape” subscale w ere the most consistent predictors of incorrect labeling and poorer accura cy. Contrary to the study’s hypothesis\, the “She Lied” subscale o f the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance scale predicted greater accuracy. Over all\, findings suggest that participants were better at identifying sexual assault than rape\, and that rape myth endorsement and sexual conservatis m may play important roles in the recognition of sexual violence. Results and suggestions of different accuracy measures will be discussed.

\n< p>Advisor: Raina V. Lamade\, Ph.D.\, ABPP

Committee Members: R. Th omas Boone\, Ph.D. and Mahzad Hojjat\, Ph.D.

Contact Email: rlamad e@umassd.edu

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9- 8-26-psychology-thesis-defense.php
Event link: https://um assd.zoom.us/j/92937452108?pwd=Rhgy4Oazkzy7EhL22Kn7USgyow0i0j.1

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