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Hidden Curriculum of Violence: Affect, Power, and Policing the Body
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Wozolek, Boni – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2020
Grounded in two collaborative interpretive studies--one with women in India who were survivors of domestic violence, and another with queer youth and youth of color in the Midwest who were survivors of sexual assault--this paper argues that there is a hidden curriculum of violence. This curriculum of violence can be traced through affective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hidden Curriculum, Family Violence, Sexual Abuse
The Development and Validation of a Domestic Violence Scale Administered to GED Program Participants to Determine the Effect on Test Performance
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Muro, Andres – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Overwhelming evidence shows that domestic violence is a very serious problem affecting women in the United States. Black et al. (2010) report that approximately 34 million women in the United States, or approximately 30%, have experienced some form of violence including rape, physical, violence, and/or stalking in their lifetimes. Twenty-two…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Test Validity, Family Violence
Revisiting the Role of Communication in Adolescent Intimate Partner Violence
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Messinger, Adam M.; Rickert, Vaughn I.; Fry, Deborah A.; Lessel, Harriet; Davidson, Leslie L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
A growing literature suggests that communication strategies can promote or inhibit intimate partner violence (IPV). Research on communication is still needed on a group ripe for early IPV intervention: high school-aged adolescents. This article revisits our previous analyses of young female reproductive clinic patients (Messinger, Davidson, &…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Violence, Multivariate Analysis, Clinics
Distress Resulting from Perceivers' Own Intimate Partner Violence Experiences Predicts Culpability Attributions toward a Battered Woman on Trial for Killing Her Abuser: A Path Model
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Stein, Michelle L.; Miller, Audrey K. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Intimate partner violence (IPV) constitutes the majority of assaults against women in the United States, and greater than one third of female homicide victims are murdered by an intimate partner. In a small percentage of cases, battered women kill their abusers, and evidence of battering and its effects may be used to support a plea of…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Females, Family Violence, Psychological Patterns
The Break the Cycle Evaluation Project
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Jaycox, Lisa H.; Aronoff, Jessica; Shelley, Gene A. – RAND Corporation, 2007
Break the Cycle is a private, nonprofit organization that seeks to end domestic violence by working proactively with youth. Founded in 1996, it includes a preventive education and outreach program, a legal services program, and a peer leadership program. All three programs focus exclusively on youth aged 12-22 years. In 2000, Centers for Disease…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Family Violence, Sexual Harassment, Outreach Programs
Adolescent Dating Violence Victimization and Psychological Well-Being
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Callahan, Michelle R.; Tolman, Richard M.; Saunders, Daniel G. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2003
This study assesses the relationship between adolescents' dating violence victimization and their psychological well-being. The participants were 190 high school students, ages 13 to 19 years, with just over half being boys (53%) and the remainder being girls (47%). Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. For girls, increasing…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Social Desirability, Life Satisfaction, Females