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Associations Between Sexual Behavior Norm Beliefs in Relationships and Intimate Partner Rape Judgments.

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Using a community sample ( n = 296), we investigated the associations between sexual behavior norm beliefs, acceptance of partner rape, judgments that non-consensual partner sex is "wrong not rape," and decisions if non-consensual partner sex should be charged as rape. Sexual behavior norm beliefs were associated both directly and indirectly with latter components in the model related to acceptance of non-consensual partner sex judgments and charging rape judgments. In addition, participant gender moderated the model, such that many of the associations between the variables were stronger for males than for females. The results have implications for understanding how individuals label rape between intimate partners.

Year of Publication
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2017
Journal
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Violence against women
Volume
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23
Issue
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4
Number of Pages
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426-451
ISSN Number
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1077-8012
URL
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http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077801216642871?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed
DOI
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10.1177/1077801216642871
Short Title
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Violence Against Women
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