Honors Program
Honors Program: Embargoed Theses
First Advisor
Sarah Gervais
Second Advisor
David DiLillo
Date of this Version
Spring 3-31-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Citation
Bellamy, G., Bogen, K. W., DiLillo, D., & Gervais, S. (n.d.). 2025. The Role of Sexual Behavior, Sexual Objectification, and Peer Support for Violence in Young Men. Undergraduate Honors Thesis. University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Abstract
Sexual Violence (SV) has many negative health outcomes for victims. Previous studies investigating SV have examined its relationship with rape empathy. However, this research is only concerned with the relationship between SV and empathy for victims. The present study will examine the predictive relationships among rape empathy for both victims and perpetrators with prevalent variables in the broader field of SV prevention. Specifically, correlations, regressions, and moderations were run between scales of rape empathy, frequency of sexual activity, objectification of women, and peer support for sexual violence. It was found that there were few relationships among the predictors and rape empathy for victims while there were significant predictive relationships to empathy for perpetrators. There were no significant results for the moderation analyses. These findings will help to inform the future of SV prevention interventions and campaigns.
Comments
Copyright Griffin Bellamy, Katherine W. Bogen, Sarah Gervais, and David DiLillo 2025.