Psychoticism and sexual arousal to rape depictions |
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Authors: | Gordon E Barnes Neil M Malamuth James VP Check |
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Institution: | Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, 770 Bannatyne Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 0W3;Department of Communication Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, U.S.A.;Department of Psychology, York University, Downsview, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 |
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Abstract: | This study tested the hypothesis that high scorers on the Eysencks' P scale would become more sexually aroused by erotic material of a violent nature than low scorers. One hundred and forty-five college Ss were exposed to erotic auditory messages varying in degree of violence and pain experienced by the victim. Personality was assessed by a median split on the Eysencks' P scale. Sexual arousal was assessed by mercury strain gauge and self-report. Results, as predicted, showed a significant interaction between psychoticism and level of violence (rape vs nonrape): high P scorers showing greater sexual arousal (by both self-report and physiological assessment) to rape as compared to nonrape depictions whereas the opposite pattern occurred for low P scorers. |
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