Rape Myth Scale: Factor structure and relationship with gender egalitarianism among Japanese professionals

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 392-400

  Uji, Masayo ^a   Shono, Masahiro ^b   Shikai, Noriko ^a   Kitamura, Toshinori ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yuge Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human service professionals; Rape myth acceptance; Sex role egalitarian attitude; Women's independence; Women's rights

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JAPANESE; RAPE MYTH SCALE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCALE OF ELGALITARIAN SEX ROLE ATTITUDE; SEX ROLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSES; RAPE; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34347398124     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01674.x     Document Type: Article

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