title: Effect of supporter characteristics on expression of negative social reactions toward rape survivors in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
abstract: Using a community representative sample of 1,505 adults we examined interpretations of rape situations in order to establish attitudes toward rape. We assessed their intentions to express negative social reactions (NSRs) toward rape survivors. We then determined effects of attitudinal and sociodemographic characteristics in logistic regression models assessing the odds of expressing NSRs. Being old, male, and Muslim, and failing to interpret the legal circumstances of rape increased their risks of expressing NSRs. The degree of interpretation of lack of consent as rape affected their intentions to express NSRs, but not how they responded to survivors of different social status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. promuga@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Projestine Selestine
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Muganyizi
authors.forename: Lennarth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nyström
authors.forename: Gunilla
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lindmark
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Emmelin
authors.forename: Siriel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Massawe
authors.forename: Pia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Axemo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011639:Public Opinion; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D012924:Social Conditions; D012933:Social Identification; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology; D013636:Tanzania; D055815:Young Adult