Supervisor: Monsieur Massil Benbouriche (Maître de Conférences, HDR) 
https://pro.univ-lille.fr/massil-benbouriche/

 

Summary

The aim of this thesis is to examine the role of theory of mind and empathy in sexual violence among men from the general population. Several studies are currently underway to answer the following research questions:
a) Examine the predictive effects of rape myth acceptance on the history of sexual violence perpetration, moderated by cognitive and affective theory of mind, in both a French-speaking and an English-speaking Western sample.
b) Examine the effects of empathy priming (using two different forms of priming) on the ​​intentions to use sexually coercive strategies and on the perception (or misperception) of consent.
In addition to these studies, two articles (including a literature review and a theoretical article) have been published and form the theoretical basis of my research. The first article is a systematic review on empathy deficits in perpetrators of sexual violence and the theoretical article focuses on empathy, theory of mind and social information processing in the perpetration of sexual violence.

Key words

Sexual Violence, Theory of Mind, Empathy

Laboratory: PSITEC