{"title":"Assessing the Need for Adapting a Measure of Sexual Assault Risk Perception to be Culturally Specific for Black College Women.","authors":"Noelle M St Vil, Kathleen A Parks","doi":"10.1177/10778012251329357","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using a mixed methods approach, this study sought feedback from Black college women (<i>n</i> = 60) on an existing Video Vignette Risk Perception Measure (VVRPM) developed for assessing women's awareness of behavioral and environmental risk cues of sexual assault. Findings from this study suggest that the current VVRPM is not an accurate measure for assessing SA risk cue awareness in Black college women as it is not culturally congruent with their lived experiences (e.g., dress, lighting, music, activities). Incorporation of this feedback will be important for modifying the VVRPM to be culturally specific for use with Black college women.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251329357"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Violence Against Women","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251329357","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"WOMENS STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Using a mixed methods approach, this study sought feedback from Black college women (n = 60) on an existing Video Vignette Risk Perception Measure (VVRPM) developed for assessing women's awareness of behavioral and environmental risk cues of sexual assault. Findings from this study suggest that the current VVRPM is not an accurate measure for assessing SA risk cue awareness in Black college women as it is not culturally congruent with their lived experiences (e.g., dress, lighting, music, activities). Incorporation of this feedback will be important for modifying the VVRPM to be culturally specific for use with Black college women.
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Violence against Women is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of research and information on all aspects of the problem of violence against women. The journal assumes a broad definition of violence; topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, domestic violence, sexual assault, incest, sexual harassment, female infantcide, female circumcision, and female sexual slavery.