University women's acknowledgment of rape - Individual, situational, and social factors

An ecological framework was used to examine individual, situational, and so cial predictors of university women's acknowledgment of rape experiences. O nly individual and situational factors uniquely predicted acknowledgment. W omen were more likely to acknowledge a rape if they experienced higher leve ls of violence during the rape, possessed factors congruent with an acquain tance rape script rather than a blitz tape script, and blamed their behavio r for the rape. All women experienced a generally low amount of self-blame and blamed the perpetrator more than themselves. implications for rape awar eness programs are discussed.