Predicting Men's Reactions to Simulated Date Rejection (PDF)
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Woerner, Jacqueline, Abbey, Antonia, Helmers, Breanne R., Pegram, Sheri E., & Jilani, Zunaira
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This paper examines men's reactions to simulated sexual rejection by a woman. It uses a dating simulation to explore the impact of hostile masculinity, impersonal sexual attitudes, and the man's perceived hostility toward the woman, on aggressive responses. The study suggests that both casual sex attitudes and hostility perceptions significantly affect the aggression levels.
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PREDICTING MEN’S IMMEDIATE REACTIONS TO A SIMULATED DATE’S SEXUAL REJECTION: THE EFFECTS OF HOSTILE MASCULINITY, IMPERSONAL SEX, AND HOSTILE PERCEPTIONS OF THE WOMAN. WOERNER, JACQUELINE , ABBEY, ANTONIA , HELMERS, BREANNE R. , PEGRAM, SHERI E. , & JILANI, ZUNAIRA PSYCHOLOGY OF VIOLENCE, VOL 8(3), M...
PREDICTING MEN’S IMMEDIATE REACTIONS TO A SIMULATED DATE’S SEXUAL REJECTION: THE EFFECTS OF HOSTILE MASCULINITY, IMPERSONAL SEX, AND HOSTILE PERCEPTIONS OF THE WOMAN. WOERNER, JACQUELINE , ABBEY, ANTONIA , HELMERS, BREANNE R. , PEGRAM, SHERI E. , & JILANI, ZUNAIRA PSYCHOLOGY OF VIOLENCE, VOL 8(3), MAY 2018, 349-357 Introduction Goal:” to predict men’s likelihood of responding aggressively when their sexual advances are rejected by a virtual women in laboratory dating simulation [based on hostile masculinity, impersonal sexual orientation and the hostile perception of the woman] ” Operationalization: Sexual aggression is operationalized as insults to the women, threats to end the relationship and/or persisting with sexual activity despite refusal -> assessed through questionnaire and observation Hypothesis Confluence Model of Sexual Aggression (by Malamuth et al. 1991) Hostile Masculinity -> "sexual dominance" Sexual aggression as a means to reinforce masculine superiority through control of women Sexual dominance motivation represents the hostile masculinity construct Impersonal sexual orientation -> "casual sex attitude" Preference for casual sex without emotional closeness Example item: "Life would have fewer problems if people could have sex more freely" Excluded: provocation + foreseeable consequences Procedure 1. Sexual dominance and casual sex attitude have a positive effect on sexual aggression after rejection 2. Sexual aggression after being rejected strongly depends on the hostile perception of the woman (moderator) 📺 🗣 ❌ 🍻 Measurement 💋 Nelson’s (1979) 8–item scale on sexual dominance motivation (representing hostile masculinity) Hendrick et al.’s (2006) The Sexual Permissiveness Scale (representing positive attitudes about casual sex) hostile perception questionnaire Results (see Table 2 in original paper) no significant main effects significant interaction effect of casual sex attitude and hostile perception of the woman on the aggressive response 💦 77 men (18-29 years old) Four dates 2D date simulation 1st person mode (ego perspective) Rejection responses were programmed as a result of certain selected actions by the man Limitations Video game character → bias Conditions not equal → Choice of participants lead to dierent experiences Small sample size small sample Dating pre-experience not accounted Hostile perception measured after rejection → justification bias Additional topics sexuality and psychology underrepresented questionnable validity of the methods dealing with rejection - a common problem deficite in education EARLY ADULTHOOD - DATING & REJECTION
