IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/osf/osfxxx/apyqu_v1.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

(Cyber)Rape Culture: Development and Validation of the Acceptance of Myths About Cyber-Sexual Violence Against Women (AMCYS) Scale in Spanish and English

Author

Listed:
  • Vizcaíno-Cuenca, Rocío
  • SANCHEZ, MONICA ROMERO
  • Carretero-Dios, Hugo

Abstract

Cyber-sexual violence is a social and public health concern perpetuated by (cyber)rape culture. However, there are no measures to assess attitudes toward cyber-sexual violence. In this research, we developed and validated the Acceptance of Myths About Cyber-Sexual Violence (AMCYS) Scale in Spanish and English. After a literature review, we developed the items through qualitative analyses of social reactions to victims on Twitter, focus groups, and an expert-based content validity study. Next, a pool of items was administered to 548 Spanish social network users. Based on preliminary analyses, differential functioning item, and exploratory analyses, 10 items were retained. We validated the measure using independent samples from Spain (Sample 2 = 489; Sample 3 = 467) and the United States (Sample 4 = 470; Sample 5 = 512). Results showed high reliability and a one-dimensional structure for the AMCYS, with measurement invariance across genders and countries. Scores on the scale correlated positively with sexism, offline myths on gender violence, and social dominance, and correlated negatively with feminism. Additionally, the AMCYS predicted victim blaming and minimization of cyber-sexual violence and accounted for more variance in scenario responses than other measures. This study can be useful for the prevention and intervention of cyber-sexual violence.

Suggested Citation

  • Vizcaíno-Cuenca, Rocío & SANCHEZ, MONICA ROMERO & Carretero-Dios, Hugo, 2025. "(Cyber)Rape Culture: Development and Validation of the Acceptance of Myths About Cyber-Sexual Violence Against Women (AMCYS) Scale in Spanish and English," OSF Preprints apyqu_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:osfxxx:apyqu_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/apyqu_v1
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://osf.io/download/67df0af42eeb81f105e48e86/
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.31219/osf.io/apyqu_v1?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:osf:osfxxx:apyqu_v1. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: OSF (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://osf.io/preprints/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.