Spanish validation of the acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression scale (AMMSA)

  1. López Megías, Jesús 1
  2. Romero Sánchez, Mónica 1
  3. Durán Segura, Mercedes 1
  4. Moya Morales, Miguel C. 1
  5. Bohner, Gerd 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

  2. 2 Bielefeld University
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    Bielefeld University

    Bielefeld, Alemania

    ROR https://ror.org/02hpadn98

Aldizkaria:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Argitalpen urtea: 2011

Alea: 14

Zenbakia: 2

Orrialdeak: 912-925

Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.5209/REV_SJOP.2011.V14.N2.37 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openSarbide irekia editor

Beste argitalpen batzuk: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

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Se realizaron dos estudios con estudiantes universitarios para validar la versión en español de la escala “Acceptance of Modern Myths about Sexual Aggression” (AMMSA) (Gerger, Kley, Bohner, & Siebler, 2007). Esta escala mide de manera sutil los mitos actuales sobre las agresiones sexuales. En el Estudio 1, 305 estudiantes completaron el AMMSA en español y otras escalas de contenido relacionado. En el Estudio 2, 263 participantes completaron el AMMSA en español y respondieron a preguntas acerca de un caso hipótetico de agresión sexual a una mujer joven, perpetrado por un hombre al que conocía. La escala AMMSA en español mostró alta consistencia interna y evidencia adecuada de validez en ambos estudios. Comparada con las escalas tradicionales de aceptación de mitos sobre la violación, las puntuaciones medias en el AMMSA fueron mayores y sus distribuciones se aproximaron más a la normalidad. Estos hallazgos sugieren que la versión en español de la escala AMMSA es un instrumento útil para estudiar la percepción social de las agresiones sexuales.

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This research was supported by the Grant SEJ2007–65816-PSIC from the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, and Grant P06-HUM-01437 from the Junta de Andalucía. During preparation of this manuscript, Gerd Bohner received funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Grant BO 1248/6-1). We are grateful to Prof. Hugo Carretero-Dios for his help in preparing this manuscript.

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