Personality variables and circumstances of sexual assault predictive of a woman's resistance.
The present study investigated degree of resistance to sexual assault as a function of personality variables and circumstances of assault. Death anxiety was the personality variable most predictive of high resistance. The profile of the high-resistant women showed that the absence of a weapon, lower death anxiety, and knowing the assailant accounted for 66% of the variance. It was inferred that the life-threatening aspects of the rape situation are of great importance in determining a potential victim's reaction.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000818:Animals; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003643:Death; D004924:Escape Reaction; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011902:Rape; D012742:Sex Offenses; D012930:Social Dominance