Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[Susan Marine <>]

> Hello all.  Along these lines, I teach a class on gender violence and
> would love to measure change in attitude over the course of the quarter.
> I've tried to find a good instrument for measuring attitudes towards
> sexual assault (and/or other gender violence) but have been
> unsuccessful.  Does anyone know of a good instrument and where to find
> it?
> Thanks so much.
> Rachel David
> Shoreline Community College

Hi Rachel,

we use a tool to measure changes in learning over the course of a year for 
our new students which was developed by researchers at the Harvard School 
of Public Health. They chose to use the 'revised rape myth acceptance 
scale' (newman), and the "rape likelihood' scale (Malamuth). These are 
tools that are commonly to measure rape supportvie attitudes and 
self-reported likelihood of different behaviors, and are (as far as I know) 
relatively valid/reliable.

Susan

Susan Marine
Director, Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
Harvard University