Validating the Male Rape Myth Scale – Shortened Version (MRMS-SV): Examining Melanson’s Original Factorial Structure Among a Large Nationally Representative Sample of the UK

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dc.abstract.enDespite extensive use in research assessing myths around male sexual victimization, the factorial structure of Melanson’s 1999 Male Rape Myth Scale [MRMS] was never psychometrically validated, meaning the relevance of scale items and dimensionality remained untested. Recruiting a nationally representative sample of 4152 UK adults, dimensionality and construct validity of the 22-item MRMS and a modified 19-item shortened version (MRMS-SV) were investigated using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Analysis was conducted separately for the complete, male only (n = 2006), and female only (n = 2146) samples. Results indicate scores are best captured by a unidimensional solution across all samples tested, using the modified 19-item MRMS-SV version. Excellent internal reliability was observed among each sample. Research using the MRMS-SV can be confident in the scale’s unidimensional validity.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.contributor.authorWeare, Siobhan
dc.contributor.authorWillmott, Dominic
dc.date.access2026-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-05T10:04:20Z
dc.date.available2026-02-05T10:04:20Z
dc.date.created2025-03-27
dc.date.issued2026-03-01
dc.description.abstract<jats:p> Despite extensive use in research assessing myths around male sexual victimization, the factorial structure of Melanson’s 1999 Male Rape Myth Scale [MRMS] was never psychometrically validated, meaning the relevance of scale items and dimensionality remained untested. Recruiting a nationally representative sample of 4152 UK adults, dimensionality and construct validity of the 22-item MRMS and a modified 19-item shortened version (MRMS-SV) were investigated using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Analysis was conducted separately for the complete, male only ( <jats:italic toggle="yes">n</jats:italic> = 2006), and female only ( <jats:italic toggle="yes">n</jats:italic> = 2146) samples. Results indicate scores are best captured by a unidimensional solution across all samples tested, using the modified 19-item MRMS-SV version. Excellent internal reliability was observed among each sample. Research using the MRMS-SV can be confident in the scale’s unidimensional validity. </jats:p>
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dc.description.grantnumberES/LWA7684
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.physical29-44
dc.description.sdgGenderEquality
dc.description.sdgGoodHealthAndWellBeing
dc.description.sdgReducedInequalities
dc.description.sdgPeaceJusticeAndStrongInstitutions
dc.description.sdgQualityEducation
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume34
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/10608265251338778
dc.identifier.eissn1933-0251
dc.identifier.issn1060-8265
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/2172
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10608265251338778
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
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dc.subject.enmale rape myth scale [MRMS]
dc.subject.enmale rape myth scale – shortened version [MRMS-SV]
dc.subject.enrape attitudes
dc.subject.enmale victim-survivors
dc.subject.enconfirmatory factor analysis
dc.subject.encomposite reliability
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dc.titleValidating the Male Rape Myth Scale – Shortened Version (MRMS-SV): Examining Melanson’s Original Factorial Structure Among a Large Nationally Representative Sample of the UK
dc.title.journalThe Journal of Men’s Studies
dc.typeJournalArticle
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