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S Feshbach

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PubMed1987

Affective processes and academic achievement.

Achievement, empathy, depressive affectivity, aggression, and self-concept measures were obtained for 8-9- and 10-11-year-olds. Depressive affectivity and aggression were assessed by teacher ratings and self-reports. Empathy was assessed by audiovisual tapes. Measures were readministered to the younger group 2 years later. Achievement scores were highly stable. Significant test-retest correlations were also found for the affective measures. Self-reports were negligibly related to achievement. For girls, strong relations were found between empathy at age 8-9 and achievement in reading and spelling at age 10-11. Teacher ratings of depressive affectivity were inversely related to achievement for boys and girls at age 8-9, but significant at age 10-11 for girls only. Initial ratings of depressive affectivity were predictive of girls' subsequent achievement. A similar pattern was found for teacher ratings of aggression.

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PubMed1980

Sexual responsiveness of college students to rape depictions: inhibitory and disinhibitory effects.

Two experiments were conducted to identify the specific dimensions in portrayals of sexual violence that inhibit or disinhibit the sexual responsiveness of male and female college students. The first experiment replicated earlier findings that normals are less sexually aroused by portrayals of sexual assault than by depictions of mutually consenting sex. In the second experiment, it was shown that portraying the rape victim as experiencing an involuntary orgasm disinhibited subjects' sexual responsiveness and resulted in levels of arousal comparable to those elicited by depictions of mutually consenting sex. Surprisingly, however, it was found that although female subjects were most aroused when the rape victim was portrayed as experiencing an orgasm and no pain, males were most aroused when the victim experienced an orgasm and pain. The relevance of these data to pornography and to the common belief among rapists that their victims derive pleasure from being assaulted is discussed. Misattribution, identification, and power explanations of the findings are also discussed. Finally, it is suggested that arousing stimuli that fuse sexuality and violence may have antisocial effects.

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PubMed1980

Ethical issues and exposure to rape stimuli: a reply to Sherif.

The three ethical issues raised by Sherif are discussed. In response to the first issue, we recognize the need to measure the effectiveness of our attempts to counteract possible undesirable effects of the research materials. Problems that arise in implementing such an assessment are considered. Also discussed is the possibility that exposure to such materials combined with an effective discrediting communication may have beneficial effects. In addressing the second issue, it is argued that Sherif's criticisms of our alternative data interpretations are unfounded. Finally, Sherif's suggestion to formalize the process of having investigators consider the social policy implications of their research is whole-heartedly supported.

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