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Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Social Sciences
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract
© 2019 by the authors. Despite numerous interventions to promote gender equality, sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest prevalence rates of non-partner sexual assault in the world, thus constituting a major social and public health issue in the region. As social workers frequently provide services to this population, an exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted to explore rape myth acceptance among undergraduate social work students studying in Namibia. Findings revealed the positive influence of social work education in reducing rape myth acceptance, as well as highlighting the influence of age, gender, country of origin, self-identification as a feminist, and religiosity on rape myth acceptance among this population.
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ISSN
Publisher
MDPI AG
Volume
7
Issue
9
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Keywords
Africa, Attitudes, Rape myths, Social work, Students
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Matthews, John; Avery, Lisa; and Nashandi, Johanna, "Southern African social work students' acceptance of rape myths" (2018). All Works. 3166.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/3166
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yes
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series