Perceptions of the rape incident: Physicians and volunteer counselors

Abstract

The present study investigated attitudes toward rape in a group of physicians and a group of volunteer rape-crisis counselors. A series of 25 statements derived from the literature on rape was administered to a group of physicians and to a group of rapecrisis counselors. The 25 statements were factor analyzed based on responses from an independent sample. Two main factors emerged: one represented perceived causality of the rape incident and the other represented perceived consequences of the rape incident. Comparison of the physicians and volunteers on items loading on the two factors indicated that there was a slight tendency for the volunteers to see rape as having more serious consequences than did physicians.

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