Development and Validation of the Belief in Female Sexual Deceptiveness Scale

This article describes the development of a scale measuring the extent of men’s belief in female sexual deceptiveness. This belief has been postulated as a component of hostile masculinity and a precursor to more serious sexual-assault-facilitating cognitions, though it has not yet been studied empi...

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Published in:Journal of interpersonal violence 2015-03, Vol.30 (5), p.744-761
Main Authors: Rogers, Darrin L., Cervantes, Emanuel, Espinosa, Joanna C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attachment
Attitude
Attitudes
Belief & doubt
Beliefs
Cognitive Development
Cognitive psychology
Deception
Discriminant analysis
Factor Analysis
Female
Females
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic people
Hostility
Humans
Internet
Interpersonal Relations
Items (Measures)
Male
Males
Masculinity
Online Surveys
Quantitative psychology
Rape
Reproducibility of Results
Sex crimes
Sex Factors
Sex Offenses - psychology
Sex Role
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Sexual Partners - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Young Adult
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Summary:This article describes the development of a scale measuring the extent of men’s belief in female sexual deceptiveness. This belief has been postulated as a component of hostile masculinity and a precursor to more serious sexual-assault-facilitating cognitions, though it has not yet been studied empirically. From a final pool of 22 items, the 14-item Belief in Female Sexual Deceptiveness (BFSD) scale was constructed. Data were collected via online survey from 131 predominantly Hispanic college males; scale items were selected by exploratory factor analysis. Three moderately strongly correlated factors emerged, though they overlapped strongly and are currently considered only for future study. An 8-item short form of the BFSD scale (the BFSD-S) was created, as well. The full BFSD scale showed strong internal consistency and significant correlations with gender role attitudes, unequal/coercive relationship attitudes, history of misperceiving women’s platonic interest as sexual, history of sexual frustration in relationships, adult attachment, belief in immanent justice, attitudes toward intimate partner violence, and rape myth acceptance. Patterns of divergent correlations with other measures also supported the scale’s validity. The BFSD-S performed nearly identically to the BFSD. Limitations, future directions, and implications are discussed.
ISSN:0886-2605
1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/0886260514536282