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Effects of Clothing and Behavior on Perceptions Concerning an Alleged Date Rape

MiYoung Lee

University of Minnesota

The use of schemata in social cognition was the theoretical framework for this quasiexperimental study that investigated the relative effect of clothing, behavior, and participants’ sex on perceptions surrounding an alleged date rape. A convenience sample of 368 individuals (men = 160, women = 208) read vignettes that manipulated the independent variables in a description of a date. After reading the vignettes, participants responded on Likert-type scales to questions measuring their perceptions, including whether or not a rape had occurred. Participants were asked to provide reasons for each of their responses. Data were analyzed by using multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVAs), analyses of variance (ANOVAs), and qualitative techniques. Although the victim’s clothing did not result in significant differences, the victim’s behavior and participant’s sex were statistically significant influences on participants’ perceptions.

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3, 332-357 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X00283003


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