A5017825210- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Sex work and related issues
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Asian Culture and Media Studies
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Ethics in Business and Education
University of Kent
2015-2025
Sexual objectification changes the way people view women by reducing them to sexual objects—denied humanity and an internal mental life, as well deemed unworthy of moral concern. However, subsequent consequences sexually objectifying others remain underresearched. In current study, we examined impact in domain assault. Sixty British undergraduate students were recruited complete impression formation task. We manipulated presenting participants with either a sexualized or nonsexualized woman....
This paper reports four series of studies that examined the infrahumanization effect using a different measure. Across studies, we whether people would associate their ingroup more with human– (vs. animal–) related words in comparison to outgroups. In Study 1, used Implicit Association Test (Greenwald et al., 1998) and found participants were quicker during compatible task (when names human–related shared same response key outgroup animal–related key) incompatible task. Studies 2a 2b...
Two studies investigated body guilt (i.e., feeling regret and remorse over how the looks a desire for reparative action to “fix” body) within framework of objectification theory among predominantly White British undergraduate women. In Study 1 ( N = 225), participants completed self-report measures interpersonal sexual objectification, self-surveillance, shame, guilt, eating restraint. Path analyses indicated support inclusion in model, with shame fully mediating relationship between...
Abstract The detrimental effects of sexual harassment have been documented in the literature over past 35 years, and recognized as a serious problem for all working women. In this paper, we review existing research surrounding phenomenon harassment, focusing upon factors that may facilitate its occurrence. We also provide an overview differences perceptions what constitutes according to gender, organisational power context. negative impact on victims is reviewed. Finally, relatively new...
This paper presents a novel study, exploring form of technology facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) known as revenge porn. Despite its emerging prevalence, little is about the characteristics porn perpetrators. In current proclivity scale was devised to examine participants' behavioural propensity engage in One hundred adults, aged 18-54, were recruited online from community sample. The correlational relationship between and self-reported endorsement Dark Triad, sadism, ambivalent sexism...
Abstract Feedback about a reference group's rape myth acceptance (RMA) has been shown to affect men's proclivity (Bohner, Siebler, & Schmelcher, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 286–297, 2006). In two experiments with male university students (total N=294), this research was extended by varying the in-group vs out-group status of group. Results showed that feedback other RMA influenced self-reported (Experiment 1) (Experiments 1 2). Overall, participants' affected both...
Sexual harassment represents aggressive behavior that is often enacted instrumentally, in response to a threatened sense of masculinity and male identity. To date, however, theoretical attention the social cognitive processes regulate workplace scant. This article presents development preliminary validation Moral Disengagement Harassment Scale (MDiSH); self‐report measure moral disengagement context hostile work environment harassment. Three studies (total n = 797) document excellent...
Abstract Jokes have been recognized as ways in which negative attitudes and prejudice can be communicated enacted hidden (e.g.,
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology on Nov 19 2020 (see record 2020-89294-001). In Table 4, the mean, standard deviation, range Personal Safety Anxiety Vigilance (PSAVS) variable were incorrect.] Objectification Theory posits that everyday encounters with sexual objectification carry a diffuse nonspecific sense threat engenders personal safety anxiety women. article, we provide direct evidence tenet across 5...
We examined whether subtle exposure to sexually objectifying cues increases women’s intentions have cosmetic surgery. Undergraduate women ( N = 116) were randomly assigned a condition in which they unscrambled sentences containing words associated with sexual objectification, non-self-objectifying physicality, or neutral content. Following manipulation check of these primes, participants reported their body shame and surgery the future. Results revealed that priming state...
Objectification involves reducing someone to a sexual object, rather than seeing them as full person. Despite numerous theoretical claims that people are more aggressive toward the objectified, and empirical evidence objectification is linked high willingness aggress, rape proclivity, attitudes, no research has examined causal link between physical aggression, particularly in context of provocation. In two experiments, we this predicted link. Experiment 1, using 2 (objectification: no/yes) ×...
Pathogens represent a significant threat to human health leading the emergence of strategies designed help manage their negative impact. We examined how spiritual beliefs developed explain and predict devastating effects pathogens spread infectious disease. Analysis existing data in studies 1 2 suggests that moral vitalism (beliefs about forces evil) is higher geographical regions characterized by historical levels pathogens. Furthermore, drawing on sample 3140 participants from 28 countries...
Image Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) denotes the creation, distribution, and/or threat of distribution intimate images another person online without their consent. The present study aims to extend emerging research on perpetration IBSA with development and preliminary validation for moral disengagement in scale, while also examining role dark triad, sadism, sexism a person’s likelihood perpetrate IBSA. One hundred twenty English speaking participants (76 women, 44 men; mean age=33 years) were...
Previous research has demonstrated that anger increases the tendency to blame and punish others for harmful behaviors. This study investigated whether such attributions extend judgments of criminal intent, it examined mechanisms by which influences punitiveness. In an experiment, angry, sad, neutral participants read about ambiguously behavior. As hypothesized, angry judged behavior as being more intentional perpetrator having causal control than did participants, they were willing...
This research examined whether a government-initiated pilot project of mandatory polygraph testing would increase the disclosures made by community-supervised sexual offenders in United Kingdom. The Offender Managers 332 and 303 who were receiving usual community supervision telephoned quarterly, over 21-month period, to collect information about numbers clinically relevant disclosures, seriousness made, actions taken as result disclosures. Perceptions usefulness also collected....