title: Ethnicity and Sexual Attitudes Affect Women's Judgments of Sexual Victimization Risk.
abstract: This study evaluated the effects of ethnicity, sexual attitudes, and sexual victimization history on women's judgments of sexual victimization risk in a set of dating and social scenarios. An ethnically diverse sample of undergraduate women ( n = 408) were asked to rate how risky the situations were in terms of having an unwanted sexual experience. American Indian women rated the situations as more risky than did non-Hispanic White or Hispanic women. In addition, participants with more positive attitudes toward a range of sexual experiences rated the situations as less risky than did women with less positive attitudes. Possible implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.affiliation: 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Kari A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Leiting
authors.affiliation: 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Yeater
authors.affiliation: 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Verney
authors.affiliation: 2 University of New Mexico Medical Group, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Lenberg
keywords: acculturation; ethnicity; sexual victimization