Abstract
The tolerant attitudes towards sexual violence against women constitute an important risk factor that should be considered to explain this type of aggressive behavior. One of the instruments that evaluates these attitudes is the Rape Supportive Attitude Scale (RSAS) developed by Lottes. The results of different psychometric studies have demonstrated good indexes of reliability and validity in American, Spanish and Salvadorian university students. The purpose of the study was to explore the psychometric properties of the RSAS in Argen tinean university students. We provide evidence of content validity through expert ratings, process validity through cognitive debriefing interviews, and evidence of internal structure through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Finally, the internal consistency of the scale was estimated and an analysis of contrasting groups in relation to gender was con ducted. The results allow us to infer that the RSAS scale is a valid and reliable tool to assess rape supportive attitudes in Argentinean university students.
Highlights
Las actitudes tolerantes hacia la violencia sexual ejercida contra las mujeres constituyen un factor de riesgo importante a considerar en la explicación de este tipo de conductas
Argentinean validation of the Rape Supportive Attitude Scale The tolerant attitudes towards sexual violence against women constitute an important risk factor that should be considered to explain this type of aggressive behavior
The purpose of the study was to explore the psychometric properties of the Rape Supportive Attitude Scale (RSAS) in Argen tinean university students
Summary
Podría pen sarse que la actitud de hostilidad a las mujeres puede ser el resultado de estereotipos sexuales machistas relacionados con la necesidad de sumisión de la víctima, entre los que destacan las actitudes favorables o justificadoras de la violencia sexual (Heise, 1998) tanto de víctimas como de victimarios, a partir de lo cual se podría inferir la existencia de una cifra negra en relación a esta problemática. Teniendo en cuenta que en la Argentina no existen instrumentos de evaluación de este constructo, y consecuentemente, la ausencia de estudios sobre esta temática en nuestra población, el propósito del pre sente trabajo es realizar la adaptación de la versión salvadoreña (Sierra et al, 2007) de la Escala de Actitudes Favorables a la Violación de Lottes (1991), efectuando los estudios psicométricos sugeridos por la literatura especializada (AERA, APA & NMCE, 2014). Los 10 participantes manifestaron comprender los ítems de la escala y no realizaron obser vaciones
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