Motives and psychodynamics of self-reported, unincarcerated rapists.
Fifteen men, classified by self-report as rapists and attempted rapists, but who had never been arrested or convicted, were compared to a matched control group on standardized instruments and content-coded interviews. Differences in hostility toward women, power motivations, and hypermasculinity were similar to findings from studies of convicted rapists. However, results suggest a greater role for the father in the etiology of rape-associated dynamics than has previously been reported.
Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
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D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D000786:Anger; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010553:Personality Development; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011386:Projective Techniques; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior