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Du Mont, Janice; Chertkow, Laura; Macdonald, Sheila; Asllani, Eriola; Bainbridge, Deidre; Rotbard, Nomi; Cohen, Marsha M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Research suggests that students experience high levels of sexual assault, but studies addressing how they differ in their experiences from other sexual assault victims are virtually nonexistent. To address this gap, information was collected from consecutive individuals, aged 16 years or older, presenting to one of 7 hospital-based sexual assault…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Abuse, Hospitals, Rape
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Clarke, Allyson K.; Stermac, Lana – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
The present study explored the influence of survivor weight and participant gender, rape myth acceptance, and antifat attitudes on perceptions of sexual assault. Using an online survey tool, a community sample of 413 adult Canadian residents reviewed a hypothetical sexual assault scenario and completed a series of evaluations and attitudinal…
Descriptors: Rape, Stereotypes, Beliefs, Gender Differences
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Walsh, Christine A.; Jamieson, Ellen; MacMillan, Harriet; Boyle, Michael – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
This study examined the relationship between a self-reported history of child physical and sexual abuse and chronic pain among women (N = 3381) in a provincewide community sample. Chronic pain was significantly associated with physical abuse, education, and age of the respondents and was unrelated to child sexual abuse alone or in combination with…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Low Income