{
  "creator": [
    "Petrella, Alessia A.",
    "Harkins, Leigh"
  ],
  "date": [
    "2021-06-15"
  ],
  "description": [
    "Background/Aim: Multiple perpetrator sexual assaults (MPSA) often involve more severe forms of sexual violation and result in a host of impairments for the victim. To further investigate the characteristics of MPSA, researchers have taken an interest in personality traits, varying group dynamics, and the role a leader may play. This study examines the possible linkage between dominant personality characteristics and the propensity to engage in multiple perpetrator sexual assault.\nMethod: Using anonymous online surveys, university student participants were assessed on The Personality Scale for Dominance and the Multiple Perpetrator Rape Proclivity Scale (M-PRIS). We hypothesized that dominant personality traits would predict M-PRIS proclivity score.\nResults: Of 176 respondents, 84 heterosexual males completed both measures. Dominance scores did not significantly predict total M-PRIS score, F(1,82) = 1.1, p = .296, the Enjoyment subscale score, F(1,82) = .66, p = .420, the Likelihood subscale score, F(1,86) = 1.13, p = .292, or the Arousal subscale score, F(1,82) = 0.66, p = .419.\nConclusion: In this study, dominance was not associated with a proclivity for multiple perpetrator sexual violence. Other important factors, such as psychopathy or deviant sexual interests, may mediate the relationship between dominant personality traits and the tendency to initiate a multiple perpetrator sexual assault. Future studies should examine alternative relationships in hopes of gaining a clearer picture of individuals who exhibit a proclivity for sexual violence with the aim to inform prevention and practice."
  ],
  "format": [
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    "text/xml"
  ],
  "identifier": [
    "https://sotrap.psychopen.eu/index.php/sotrap/article/view/3699",
    "10.5964/sotrap.3699"
  ],
  "language": [
    "eng"
  ],
  "publisher": [
    "PsychOpen GOLD / Leibniz Institut for Psychology (ZPID)"
  ],
  "relation": [
    "https://sotrap.psychopen.eu/index.php/sotrap/article/view/3699/3699.pdf",
    "https://sotrap.psychopen.eu/index.php/sotrap/article/view/3699/3699.html",
    "https://sotrap.psychopen.eu/index.php/sotrap/article/view/3699/3699.xml"
  ],
  "rights": [
    "Copyright (c) 2021 Alessia A. Petrella, Leigh Harkins",
    "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
  ],
  "source": [
    "Sexual Offending: Theory, Research, and Prevention; Vol. 16 (2021); 1-12",
    "2699-8440",
    "10.5964/sotrap.v16"
  ],
  "subject": [
    "multiple perpetrator sexual assault",
    "personality traits",
    "dominance"
  ],
  "title": [
    "The Role of Dominant Personality Traits in Multiple Perpetrator Rape Proclivity"
  ],
  "type": [
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/article",
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion",
    "Peer-reviewed Article"
  ]
}