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Walters, Glenn D.; Espelage, Dorothy L. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
In a previous study, reactive criminal thinking or cognitive impulsivity mediated the relationship between parental knowledge and delinquency. This study sought to determine whether cognitive impulsivity also mediated the relationship between parental knowledge and childhood aggression. A path analysis was performed on a sample of 438 early…
Descriptors: Aggression, Conceptual Tempo, Correlation, Bullying
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Cprek, Sarah E.; Fisher, Bonnie S.; McDonald, Madelyn J.; McDaniel, Honour M.; Williamson, Lucy; Williams, Corrine M. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: Previous research has found women who experience eight or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are 3.5 times as likely to be victims of adult IPV. This study examined the relationship between ACEs and IPV (physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence, and stalking) among college students. Participants: This study was…
Descriptors: Violence, Interpersonal Relationship, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes
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Navarro, John C.; Tewksbury, Richard – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
This study examined rape myth acceptance among 727 university students from 21 U.S. institutions with the updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance scale. Findings showed sorority members rejected rape myths at greater rates than non-sorority members, but fraternity members were similar to non-fraternity members. Higher rape myth acceptance was…
Descriptors: Rape, Drinking, Religious Factors, Grade Point Average
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Leiner, Amy S.; Kearns, Megan C.; Jackson, Joan L.; Astin, Millie C.; Rothbaum, Barbara O. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: This study investigated the impact of avoidant coping on treatment outcome in rape-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Method: Adult women with rape-related PTSD (N = 62) received 9 sessions of prolonged exposure (PE) or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). The mean age for the sample was 34.7 years, and race…
Descriptors: Females, Rape, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Coping
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Tatum, Jerry L.; Foubert, John D. – Journal of College Student Development, 2009
Male perpetrated sexual aggression has long been recognized as a serious problem on college campuses. The purpose of this multiple regression correlation study was to assess the relationship between levels of moral development (measured by the Defining Issues Test) and the degree to which first-year college men (N = 161) ascribed to rape…
Descriptors: Campuses, Rape, Misconceptions, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Breitenbecher, Kimberly Hanson – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
The primary purpose of this investigation was to assess the convergent validities of two measures of dating behaviors related to risk for sexual victimization, the Dating Self-Protection Against Rape Scale (DSPARS) and the Dating Behavior Survey (DBS). Three hundred seventy-seven women responded to measures assessing self-protective dating…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime, At Risk Persons, Dating (Social)
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Feelgood, Steven; Cortoni, Franca; Thompson, Anthony – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2005
Sexual coping, general coping and cognitive distortions were investigated in 25 rapists, 36 child molesters and 25 violent offenders. Rapists did not report more support for rape-supportive distortions than the violent offender comparison group. Child molesters scored higher than the other groups on the measure of molestation-supportive…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Coping, Effect Size, Child Abuse