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    Child sexual myth scale : validity and reliability evidence in the portuguese context
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2020) Chim, Inês; Magalhães, Eunice Vieira; Graça, João Daniel de Sousa; Antunes, Carla Margarida Vieira; Ferreira, Célia Isabel Lima; HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
    Child sexual abuse myths legitimize abusive behaviors, involving high levels of victim blame and low levels of offender blame. The present study aims to: (i) adapt a measure of endorsement of child sexual abuse myths to the Portuguese context (i.e., Child Sexual Abuse Myth Scale - CSAMS); and (ii) provide validity and reliability evidence for this measure. A total of 423 adults (66.2% female) filled out a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory, and the CSAMS. The CSAMS validity and reliability results supported the original structure, which comprises three dimensions: Blame Diffusion (e.g., ‘Adolescent girls who wear very revealing clothing are asking to be sexually abused’), Restrictive Stereotypes (e.g., ‘Most children are sexually abused by strangers or by men who are not well known to the child’), and Denial of Abusiveness (e.g., ‘Older children, who have a better understanding of sexual matters, have a responsibility to actively resist sexual advances by adults’). Configural and metric invariance by sex were held, and criterion validity was observed through significant associations between myths, sexism and sex. This study provided evidence in support of the validity and reliability of the Portuguese version of the Child Sexual Abuse Myth Scale.
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    Why are men more likely to endorse myths about child sexual abuse than women? Evidence from disposition and situation-based approaches
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2021) Magalhães, Eunice Vieira; Graça, João Daniel de Sousa; Antunes, Carla Margarida Vieira; Ferreira, Célia Isabel Lima; HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
    Research on attitudes toward Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) consistently shows that men are more likely to endorse myths about CSA events, victims and perpetrators, compared to women. Here we present two studies that examine why these gender differences occur. Study one (N = 439) followed a dispositional approach to test the mediating role of empathy, social dominance (SDO) and propensity for moral disengagement in the association between gender and the endorsement of CSA myths. Male participants showed higher levels of SDO and propensity for moral disengagement, and lower empathy, which in turn were associated with greater CSA myths acceptance. Study two (N = 360) followed a situational approach to test these processes using a specific case of CSA. Male participants showed higher levels of SDO and lower empathy, which in turn were associated with lower scores of perceived assault seriousness, victim credibility, perpetrator culpability, and greater victim culpability. Overall, the results suggest that men and women may appraise CSA differently, which can be partly explained by differences in SDO, propensity to morally disengage, and empathy. Furthermore, different cognitive mechanisms may be activated with regard to general appraisals of CSA compared to specific cases of CSA.