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Background and Research Questions A growing body of literature highlights the influence rape myth acceptance has on victim blame in sexual assault cases (Gravelin et al., 2019; Grubb & Turner, 2012; Russell & Hand, 2017; Suarez & Gadalla. 2010). This literature has explored the role that other attitudinal factors (e.g. belief in a just world, and hostile and benevolent sexism), assault characteristics (e.g. the presence of alcohol, and relationship between victim and perpetrator), and personal factors (e.g. age and gender) play in predicting and influencing victim blame, but has neglected to investigate the role methodological factors might play in predicting the relationship between rape myth acceptance and victim blame (Aosved & Long, 2006; Davies, Gilston & Rogers, 2012; Masser, Lee, & McKimmie, 2010). As such, this review will investigate the robustness of the relationship between rape myth acceptance and victim blame, with a specific focus on the influence of methodological factors. The methodological factors explored in this review will include sample type, outcome measure, country, year, and study design. As this review is exploratory, it is likely that additional factors will become apparent through the review. We want to address multiple key questions with this systematic review, meta-analysis and p-curve analysis. The first of our research questions is confirmatory: (1) What is the direction and robustness of the relationship between rape myth acceptance and victim blame for adult female victims of rape? Our remaining research questions will explore the influence of methodological factors on the robustness of the relationship between rape myth acceptance and victim blame, and are exploratory: (2) Does the relationship between rape myth acceptance and victim blame change when examined in samples with training or experience with rape cases (i.e. police, lawyers, and judges) compared with lay perceivers (i.e. mock jurors and community members)? (3) Has the relationship between rape myth acceptance and victim blame changed across time (based on year)? (4) Does the relationship between rape myth acceptance and victim blame change between measures of rape myth acceptance (e.g. Costin’s R, RMAS, IRMA, and SRMS)? (5) Does the relationship between rape myth acceptance and victim blame change between measures of victim culpability? (6) Does the relationship between rape myth acceptance and victim blame change when examined in different countries? (7) Does the relationship between rape myth acceptance and victim blame change between study designs (i.e. more or less ecologically valid study designs)? |
