Counselors without prior training on prostitution/sex trafficking endorsed more stigmatizing beliefs and more rape myths¶
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q3 i? Previous training correlated with lower rape myth acceptance (r = .127, p < .05) and with the Self-Other Awareness empathy subscale. → Litam 2019
q3 i? Untrained counselors were more likely to endorse items such as 'Most prostitutes/trafficked women are morally corrupt' (r = .157, p < .01) and 'Prostitutes/trafficked women spread AIDS' (r = .122, p < .05). → Litam 2019 (2)
Evidence¶
Litam 2019¶
Litam, S. D. A. (2019). She's Just a Prostitute: The Effects of Labels on Counselor Attitudes, Empathy, and Rape Myth Acceptance. The Professional Counselor, 9(4), 396-415. https://doi.org/10.15241/sdal.9.4.396
q3 · i? · causal · r?
Bivariate correlational analysis across the full sample of 396 counselors relating self-reported prior training on prostitution/sex trafficking to IRMA-SF and EAI scores. Correlational, so no causal claim about training is warranted.
"Previous training was significantly correlated with the overall IRMA-SF scale (r = .127, p < .05) and the Self–Other Awareness subscale. Thus, counselors with no previous training on prostitution/ sex trafficking were more likely to accept rape myths and less likely to successfully engage in the empathy construct of perspective taking."
Litam 2019 (2)¶
Litam, S. D. A. (2019). She's Just a Prostitute: The Effects of Labels on Counselor Attitudes, Empathy, and Rape Myth Acceptance. The Professional Counselor, 9(4), 396-415. https://doi.org/10.15241/sdal.9.4.396
q3 · i? · causal · r2
Item-level correlations between training and six APPS/ATTS items, with r values ranging from -.125 to .157, all significant at p < .05 or p < .01.
"Based on the bivariate correlations, participants who had not received training on prostitution/ sex trafficking were more likely to believe prostitutes/trafficked women were morally corrupt, ugly, spread AIDS, and harmed the institution of marriage."
Discussion¶
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Counselors without prior training on prostitution/sex trafficking endorsed more stigmatizing beliefs and more rape myths |
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Counselors without prior training on prostitution/sex trafficking endorsed more stigmatizing beliefs and more rape myths |
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2019 |
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2 — litam-2019, litam-2019-2 |
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