Sciacca, Beatrice
ORCID: 0000-0003-0678-4902, Mazzone, Angela
ORCID: 0000-0002-5858-8033, O'Higgins Norman, James
ORCID: 0000-0003-0997-6942 and Foody, Mairéad
ORCID: 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
(103354).
p. 103354.
ISSN 1879-2480
Abstract
This study examined Pre-Service Teachers’ (PSTs; N = 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 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Sexting; Preservice teachers; Empathy; Attribution of blame; Teacher responsibility; Rape myth acceptance |
| Subjects: | Social Sciences > Social psychology Social Sciences > Teaching Social Sciences > Gender |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education Research Institutes and Centres > DCU Anti-Bullying Centre (ABC) |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd |
| Official URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/... |
| Copyright Information: | Authors |
| Funders: | Irish Research Council, Horizon 2020 |
| ID Code: | 31711 |
| Deposited On: | 22 Oct 2025 15:13 by Beatrice Sciacca . Last Modified 22 Oct 2025 15:13 |
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