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Blame and responsibility in the context of youth produced sexual imagery: the role of teacher empathy and rape myth acceptance

Sciacca, Beatrice, Mazzone, Angela orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5858-8033, O'Higgins Norman, James orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0997-6942 and Foody, Mairéad orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0026-0294 (2021) Blame and responsibility in the context of youth produced sexual imagery: the role of teacher empathy and rape myth acceptance. Teaching and Teacher Education, 103 . ISSN 0742-051X

Abstract
This study examined Pre-Service Teachers’ (PSTs; N ¼ 92; 75% women, 25% men) tendency to blame students or to feel responsibility when confronted with different vignettes of the sharing of youth produced sexual images. Self-report measures of empathy and rape myth acceptance were collected. Findings showed that PSTs felt more responsible for girl targets depending on the vignette type. Moreover, they blamed the target more in the attention seeking vignette compared to other vignette types. Finally, PSTs who tended to blame the target showed lower levels of empathic concern and higher levels of rape myth acceptance. Implications for teaching education are discussed
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Additional Information:Article number: 103354
Uncontrolled Keywords:Sexting; Preservice teachers; Empathy; Attribution of blame; Teacher responsibility; Rape myth acceptance
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Social psychology
Social Sciences > Teaching
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Institutes and Centres > Anti-Bullying Research Centre (ABC)
Publisher:Elsevier
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2021.103354
Copyright Information:© 2021 The Authors.
Funders:Irish Research Council and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 713279
ID Code:25972
Deposited On:04 Jun 2021 16:38 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 24 Jan 2024 17:50
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