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Abstract：
Objective: Despite alarming evidence on sexual violence against women, little is known about men\'s emotional responses to rape and how these may be involved in sexual violence dynamics. Accordingly, our aim was to capture how rape scenarios are emotionally appraised. Methods: The current study evaluated men\'s (N = 30) self-reported and psychophysiological emotional responses (facial EMG, electrodermal activity) to a rape scene, and contrasted it with their responses to stimuli depicting nonsexual violence and nonviolent male-female interactions. The associations between men\'s emotional responses and their endorsement of rape myths, personality, and sexual traits were also examined. Results: Findings revealed that the rape scene resulted in higher negative affect, both subjectively and indexed by increased facial EMG (corrugator activity), than the other two stimuli. Additionally, personality traits of neuroticism, lower agreeableness, lower consciousness, psychopathic tendencies, as well as lower sexual inhibition proneness, were all associated with higher subjective sexual arousal toward rape. Conclusions: Findings add to the literature on the putative emotional processes underpinning the appraisal of sexual violence against women.
摘要：
目标：尽管有令人震惊的证据表明对妇女的性暴力，人们对男性对强奸的情绪反应以及这些可能如何参与性暴力动态知之甚少。因此，我们的目的是捕捉如何在情感上评估强奸场景。方法：本研究评估了男性(N=30)的自我报告和心理生理情绪反应(面部肌电图，皮肤电活动)到强奸现场，并将其与他们对描绘非性暴力和非暴力男女互动的刺激的反应进行了对比。男人的情绪反应和他们对强奸神话的认可之间的联系，个性,还检查了性特征。结果：研究结果表明，强奸现场导致更高的负面影响，主观上和通过增加的面部肌电图(瓦楞纸板活动)索引，比其他两个刺激。此外,神经质的人格特质，较低的宜人性，较低的意识，精神病倾向,以及较低的性抑制倾向，都与强奸的主观性唤起有关。结论：研究结果增加了有关推定情感过程的文献，这些情感过程是对妇女的性暴力评估的基础。
