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Sarah Douglas; Felicity Sedgewick – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Intimate partner violence and sexual assault are under-researched experiences in autistic people's lives. Recent research, however, has shown that autistic people are more likely to have been victimized than non-autistic people. This research, therefore, sought to explore the firsthand accounts of a range of autistic people about intimate partner…
Descriptors: Adults, Experience, Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy
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Besley, Tina; Jackson, Liz; Peters, Michael A. – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
This paper focusses on our concerns about revelations about sexual harassment in universities and the inadequate responses whereby some universities seem more concerned about their own reputations than the care and protection of their students. Seldom do cases go to criminal court, instead they mostly fall within employment relations policies…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Higher Education, College Faculty, College Students
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Hollomotz, Andrea; Greenhalgh, Joanne – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: The resources used in treatment for sex offenders with intellectual disabilities have had much research attention, but less has been written about how participants are expected to respond (programme mechanisms). Methods: A realist evaluation of seven programmes from the UK, Canada, USA, Switzerland and Germany was conducted. In…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Criminals, Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries
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Krumpelman, Megan L.; Hord, Casey – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The purpose of this literature review was to analyze and synthesize the most current research about the experiences of young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without co-occurring intellectual disability (ID). Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 10 empirical research studies from 2009-2019 were selected for review including…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Young Adults, Experience
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McCarthy, Michelle – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2014
Background: The aim of this paper was to give an overview of, and a commentary on, research demonstrating what women with intellectual disability are saying about their intimate relationships and sexual lives in the 21st century. Method: A literature search was undertaken for qualitative studies, published in English since 2011, in which the…
Descriptors: Females, Intellectual Disability, Sexuality, Intimacy
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Scholes, Laura; Jones, Christian; Stieler-Hunt, Colleen; Rolfe, Ben; Pozzebon, Kay – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
In response to the diverse number of child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention programs currently implemented in school contexts, this paper examines key considerations for selecting such initiatives and the multiplicity of understandings required to inform facilitation of contextually relevant prevention curriculum. First, the paper examines concerns…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Prevention, Best Practices, Sexual Abuse
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Babchishin, Kelly M.; Hanson, R. Karl; Helmus, Leslie – Assessment, 2012
Criterion-referenced measures, such as those used in the assessment of crime and violence, prioritize predictive accuracy (discrimination) at the expense of construct validity. In this article, we compared the discrimination and incremental validity of three commonly used criterion-referenced measures for sex offenders (Rapid Risk Assessment for…
Descriptors: Correlation, Predictive Validity, Accuracy, Criterion Referenced Tests
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Malloy, Lindsay C.; Brubacher, Sonja P.; Lamb, Michael E. – Applied Developmental Science, 2011
The current study explored the expected consequences of disclosure discussed by 204 5- to 13-year-old suspected victims of child sexual abuse during the course of investigative interviews conducted using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol. Expected consequences were mentioned in nearly half of all interviews, with older children and those…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Victims of Crime, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
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Phipps, Alison; Smith, Geraldine – Gender and Education, 2012
Sexual and gendered violence in the education sector is a worldwide concern, but in the UK it has been marginalised in research and policy. In this paper we present findings from the National Union of Students' study "Hidden Marks", the first nationwide survey of women students' experiences of violence. This research established high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth, Social Environment, Violence
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Wallace, Sam Loc; Lee, Jayoung; Lee, Sang Min – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2010
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether effective coping strategies play an important role to reduce burnout levels among sexual or substance abuse counselors. The authors examined whether coping strategies mediated or moderated relations between job stress and burnout in a sample of 232 abuse-specific counselors. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Substance Abuse, Role Conflict, Figurative Language
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Goldman, Juliette D. G. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2005
This paper explores student teachers' understandings of child sexual abuse and strategies to deal with it that are appropriate for the primary school classroom. Evidence of surface and deep learning were obtained from a content analysis of student teachers' responses to an essay-type exam question, using Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology