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Escala de crenças sobre violência sexual (ECVS)
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A incorporação e partilha das concepções culturais dominantes acerca da sexualidade, da violência,
da violação e de outras formas de violência sexual têm consequências tanto para a vida dos indivíduos
como para a vida em sociedade. Atitudes sexistas e crenças legitimadoras da violação têm
consistentemente sido associadas com uma maior probabilidade de agressão e violência sexual. As
atitudes face à violência sexual parecem também estar associadas com os papéis tradicionais de género,
sobretudo os que se prendem directamente com o comportamento sexual. A ECVS mede o grau de
tolerância/aceitação do sujeito quanto ao uso de violência desta natureza. Quanto mais elevada for a
pontuação total da escala, mais elevado será o grau de tolerância/aceitação do sujeito quanto ao uso
de violência sexual. A ECVS foi administrada a uma amostra nacional de 1000 estudantes
universitários, analisando-se as suas características psicométricas. A análise factorial de componentes
principais (com rotação varimax) permitiu obter cinco factores. A consistência interna da escala, obtida
através do coeficiente alpha de cronbach, é de 0.91. Discutem-se as implicações dos resultados
obtidos, quer em termos da análise da capacidade da ECVS para detectar atitudes e crenças associadas
com a violência sexual, quer em termos da análise do seu contributo na construção e implementação
de programas de intervenção e prevenção.
The dominant culture sends out powerful messages about rape, sex and violence. Many studies postulated that conceptions of what events constitute sexual violence are influenced by the attitudes of those in their immediate social network. Sexist attitudes and rape-supporting beliefs have long been linked to relationship aggression and sexual violence. Attitudes toward sexual violence seem to be linked to traditional gender-role stereotypes, in particular those related to sexual behavior. The ECVS measures the degree to which a person sustains false information about sexual violence (false beliefs about sexual violence that are used to justify sexual violence and trivialize its effects on the victims). High scores indicate that a person is more tolerant to sexual violence. The ECVS was administered to a national sample of 1.000 university students. The psychometric properties of the ECVS were examined. Using principal components analysis we presented five independent factors. The scale has an alpha coefficient (internal consistency reliability) of .91. The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of the ability of the ECVS to detect attitudes and beliefs associated with sexual violence and to subsequently develop appropriate educational and intervention programs to address and ultimately prevent sexual aggression.
The dominant culture sends out powerful messages about rape, sex and violence. Many studies postulated that conceptions of what events constitute sexual violence are influenced by the attitudes of those in their immediate social network. Sexist attitudes and rape-supporting beliefs have long been linked to relationship aggression and sexual violence. Attitudes toward sexual violence seem to be linked to traditional gender-role stereotypes, in particular those related to sexual behavior. The ECVS measures the degree to which a person sustains false information about sexual violence (false beliefs about sexual violence that are used to justify sexual violence and trivialize its effects on the victims). High scores indicate that a person is more tolerant to sexual violence. The ECVS was administered to a national sample of 1.000 university students. The psychometric properties of the ECVS were examined. Using principal components analysis we presented five independent factors. The scale has an alpha coefficient (internal consistency reliability) of .91. The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of the ability of the ECVS to detect attitudes and beliefs associated with sexual violence and to subsequently develop appropriate educational and intervention programs to address and ultimately prevent sexual aggression.
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Atitudes Crenças Mitos sobre violação Violência sexual Attitudes and rape-supporting beliefs Rape myths Sexual violence
Citation
Analise Psicológica, 30(1-2), 177-191