Attitudes toward sex doll ownership: Scale development and preliminary validation

Sex dolls are beginning to become more mainstream, both in the public’s consciousness and in academic research. However, there is no current systematic examination of public attitudes toward sex dolls within the peer-reviewed literature, which represents a barrier to the efficient study on this topic. In this paper we report the development and initial validation of such a measure. Using an international public sample (N = 377) we found that public attitudes toward sex doll owners were underpinned by three factors: ‘Acceptability of Doll Ownership’, ‘Doll Owners as Immoral’, and ‘Doll Owners as Dysfunctional’. Scores on each of these factors, which make up the Sex Doll Ownership Attitudes Scale (SDOAS), were predicted by participant sex, religiosity, permissive sexual attitudes, right-wing authoritarianism, and the endorsement of moral intuitions that favor personal liberty. We present a full form 66-item version of the SDOAS, as well as an 18-item short form which both possess strong psychometric properties. We highlight potential future uses of the SDOAS as this emerging field of study continues to rapidly grow.

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Compensating the Innocent: Perceptions of Exonerees’ Deservingness to Receive Financial Compensation for Wrongful Convictions

Criminal Justice Policy Review ◽

10.1177/0887403415607049 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (7) ◽

pp. 710-732 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kerry M. Karaffa ◽

Jaimie Page ◽

Julie M. Koch

Keyword(s):

Public Attitudes ◽

Minority Group ◽

Social Dominance Orientation ◽

Right Wing ◽

Compensation Policy ◽

Financial Compensation ◽

Right Wing Authoritarianism ◽

Group Members ◽

Race Ethnicity

Those who have been wrongfully imprisoned face a variety of challenges upon reentering the community, and monetary compensation may be helpful in rebuilding one’s life following a period of incarceration. However, very little is known about factors that may impact public attitudes regarding compensation policy. Using a sample of 396 university students, we investigated the role of exonerees’ race/ethnicity and prior conviction history, as well as participants’ socially dominant and right-wing authoritarian attitudes in explaining beliefs about financial compensation. Results suggest that males, minority group members, and older participants tended to rate hypothetical exonerees as more deserving of financial compensation. Perceptions of deservingness for compensation did not differ according to the exonerees’ race/ethnicity, but exonerees who had no prior convictions were perceived as more deserving compared with those with prior misdemeanor or felony drug convictions. Participants’ right-wing authoritarianism scores were negatively associated with deservingness scores, whereas social dominance orientation scores were not significantly related to deservingness, after controlling for participant demographics and exoneree factors.

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Validity of the Self-Report Psychopathy Scales (SRP-III Full and Short Versions) in a Community Sample

Assessment ◽

10.1177/1073191115606205 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 308-325 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Sarah Gordts ◽

Kasia Uzieblo ◽

Craig Neumann ◽

Eva Van den Bussche ◽

Gina Rossi

Keyword(s):

Construct Validity ◽

Factor Model ◽

Short Form ◽

Community Sample ◽

Self Report ◽

Right Wing ◽

Nomological Network ◽

Right Wing Authoritarianism ◽

Short Versions ◽

Practical Implications

The psychometric properties of the 64-item Self-Report Psychopathy Scale–III (SRP-III) and its abbreviated 28-item SRP–Short Form (SRP-SF) seem promising. Still, cross-cultural evidence for its construct validity in heterogeneous community samples remains relatively scarce. Moreover, little is known about the interchangeability of both instruments. The present study addresses these research gaps by comparing the SRP-III and SRP-SF factorial construct validity and nomological network in a Belgian community sample. The four-factor model of psychopathy was evaluated ( N = 1,510) and the SRP scales’ relationship with various external correlates (i.e., attachment, bullying and victimization, right-wing attitudes, right-wing authoritarianism, and response styles) was examined ( n = 210). Both SRP versions demonstrated a good fit for the four-factor model and a considerable overlap with the nomological network of psychopathy. The results suggested that the SRP-SF provides a viable alternative to the SRP-III for assessment in the community. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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Personality factors, ideology, and sensitivity to change

10.31219/osf.io/yzt3p ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jahnavi R. Delmonico ◽

Erin Michelle Buchanan

Keyword(s):

Short Form ◽

Personality Factors ◽

General Tendency ◽

Right Wing ◽

Response Latencies ◽

Right Wing Authoritarianism ◽

The Social ◽

Political Conservatism ◽

The Right ◽

Social Conservatism

This study examined the potential for a predictive relationship between political conservatism and change detection. Research on the visual system has revealed a general tendency to overlook changes in a stationary scene when two versions of it are displayed alternately with a masking slide, known as the flicker paradigm. We examined whether political conservatism and various related measures predicted whether and how quickly changes were detected during a flicker paradigm task. Measures of interest were conservatism as measured by the Social and Economic Conservatism scale (Everett, 2013), openness as measured by the short form of the Big Five Inventory (John, Donahue & Kentle, 1991), authoritarianism as measured by the Right-Wing Authoritarianism scale (Altemeyer, 2006), political party, and a single bipolar conservatism scale. Despite predictions that greater conservatism and authoritarianism would shorten response latencies, authoritarianism appeared to lengthen the time it took to identify a change, while social conservatism shortened it. Openness and other forms of conservatism did not demonstrate significant predictive relationships. Implications of this pattern are discussed.

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