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Violence Against Women, Vol. 3, No. 1, 46-58 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801297003001004

Date and Acquaintance Rape

Development and Validation of a Set of Scales

JOAN F. WALSH

National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center

BRENDA M. DeVELLIS

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

ROBERT F. DeVELLIS

Thurston Arthritis Research Center

At least 85% of rapes and attempted rapes of college women are perpetrated by nonstrangers, and more than 50% occur on dates. This study developed a set of scales measuring college women's susceptibility to date and acquaintance rape (DAR). Preliminary DAR scales and three convergent/discriminant validity scales were included in a questionnaire completed by 374 dormitory residents. Three reliable DAR scales emerged: Perceived Vulnerability, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Determination, as well as one marginally reliable scale: Victim-Blaming. Five of six predicted correlations between pairs of DAR scales were supported. Three of five hypothesized correlations between DAR scales and convergent/discriminant validity scales were supported. The DAR scales show promise as measures of women's susceptibility to DAR and as useful tools in rape prevention education.


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