Abstract
Past research on the psychophysiological markers underpinning the processing of sexual violence has shown that non-criminal samples of men (i.e., community men) present increased genital responses to raping scenes. The aim of the present study was to expand upon previous literature, by assessing the personality and psychosexual correlates of the sexual and emotional responses to a raping scene. Findings will provide evidence on the psychological mechanisms behind the processing of sexual violence in community men. Thirty-six men were exposed to a raping scene. The emotional activation to the scene was measured by self-report and psychophysiological means (i.e., pupil diameter, using a Tobii T60 eye tracker). Participants further reported on the levels of subjective sexual arousal to the film clip, and have completed a set of self-report questionnaires aimed at measuring personality and psychopathic traits, raping myths, and sexual self-schemas; these measures were tested as correlates of the sexual and emotional responses to the raping scene.
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