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Rajiva, Mythili – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
North American feminist scholarship on violence against women (VAW) focuses primarily on gendered-based violence and does not substantively incorporate intersectionality. In this paper, I offer a comparative analysis of Canadian Indigenous and White middle-class adolescent girls' narratives of toxic masculinity, rape culture and sexual violence. I…
Descriptors: Whites, Indigenous Populations, Sexual Abuse, Violence
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Nicola Gavey; April Wech; Pearl Hindley; Brandee Thorburn; Grace Single; Octavia Calder-Dawe; Paulette Benton-Greig – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
This paper explores teenage girls' responses to general advice, and formal prevention messages, designed to reduce sexting-related risk and prevent harm. We conducted workshops with seven groups of girls (28 in total), aged 16-17 years, in a New Zealand city. Each group participated in a series of three workshop sessions. Drawing on a Freirean…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Sexual Abuse, Prevention
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Lemke, Melinda; Rogers, Kate – Journal of Education Policy, 2023
Social emotional learning (SEL) aims to promote student well-being, including healthy relationships that are free from harm like gender-based-violence (GBV). We investigated U.S. SEL policy through the lens of GBV, and how policy in the New York State (NYS) context operates to actualize or constrain SEL aims. To do so, we developed and applied a…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Well Being, Feminism, Violence
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Barker, Analise; Galliher, Renee V. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
This study explored the connections between gender socialisation, cultural programming related to sexuality, and the sexual assault experiences of young women. We examined how young women's sexual assault experiences, and their subsequent adjustment to these, are influenced by religion, conservative values, faith and spirituality. Fourteen sexual…
Descriptors: Rape, Socialization, Gender Differences, Cultural Influences
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Cooper, Afua – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2017
This essay explores the vulnerability of enslaved African Canadian Black women by examining the death of Diana Bastian, an enslaved Black teenager who in 1792 was raped by George More, a member of the Governing Council of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Though Bastian begged for assistance during the resultant pregnancy, More denied her such aid and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Slavery, Death, Females
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Lamb, Pamela; Vanner, Catherine; Raissadat, Haleh; Nyariro, Milka; Sadati, S. M. Hani – Global Education Review, 2020
Many challenges exist to conducting participatory research and consultation with young people, especially with those considered vulnerable or at risk. Beyond respecting the safety and wellbeing of young research participants, researchers must be aware of barriers to youth engagement and be attuned to the many forms of youth resistance. As young…
Descriptors: Females, Participatory Research, At Risk Persons, Barriers
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Katsonga-Phiri, Tiamo – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2018
The present study examined manifestations of mental health concerns in response to gender-based violence, specifically rape, in an African post-conflict setting. The population is a sample of female adolescents, aged 13-18 years old, residing in an Internally Displaced Person's camp in Northern Uganda. Through semi-structured interviews, the…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Stress Variables
Office of Safe and Healthy Students, US Department of Education, 2013
This fact sheet presents questions and answers related to teen dating violence in the United States. It defines teen dating violence, describes the extent of teen dating violence in U.S. schools, how teen dating violence affects our schools, and things schools can do to help. This fact sheet also contains resources and publications for further…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dating (Social), Violence, School Role
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Walsh, Kate; DiLillo, David; Messman-Moore, Terri L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The present study examined whether and which facets of emotion dysregulation serve an intervening role in the association between prior victimization and risk perception in an analogue sexual assault vignette. Participants were 714 university women who completed self-report measures of sexual victimization, emotion dysregulation, and a…
Descriptors: Rape, Risk, Self Control, Adolescents
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Woodhams, Jessica; Cooke, Claire; Harkins, Leigh; da Silva, Teresa – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Sexual offences by multiple perpetrators are more violent and involve more severe forms of sexual violation than those perpetrated by a lone offender. Often a clear leader exists within these groups. Questions have been raised as to the relative risk of reoffending and the potentially differing criminogenic needs of leaders and followers. However,…
Descriptors: Rape, Predictor Variables, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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Ahrens, Kym R.; Katon, Wayne; McCarty, Carolyn; Richardson, Laura P.; Courtney, Mark E. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Purpose: To evaluate the association between history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and having transactional sex among adolescents who have been in foster care. Methods: We used an existing dataset of youth transitioning out of foster care. Independent CSA variables included self report of history of sexual molestation and rape when participants…
Descriptors: Age, Rape, Children, Foster Care
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Santos-Iglesias, Pablo; Sierra, Juan Carlos – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Sexual revictimization is frequent among victims of child sexual abuse. Several variables, such as sexual experience, substance abuse, and sexual assertiveness, have been proposed to explain the link between child sexual abuse and adolescent and adult sexual victimization, although they have typically been tested separately. The main objective of…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Females, Substance Abuse, Cultural Differences
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O'Callaghan, Paul; McMullen, John; Shannon, Ciaran; Rafferty, Harry; Black, Alastair – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013
Objective: To assess the efficacy of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) delivered by nonclinical facilitators in reducing posttraumatic stress, depression, and anxiety and conduct problems and increasing prosocial behavior in a group of war-affected, sexually exploited girls in a single-blind, parallel-design, randomized,…
Descriptors: Violence, Rape, Intervention, Therapy
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Oduro, Georgina Yaa – Comparative Education, 2012
Youth-sensitive policies are gradually gaining recognition in Africa. The release of the recent publication "Children in Ghana" by the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs (MOWAC) and UNICEF-Ghana attests to the value the country places on young people's perspectives. Guided by Richardson's conceptual framework on sexual citizenship,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sex Education, Citizenship, Females
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Zinzow, Heidi M.; Resnick, Heidi S.; Amstadter, Ananda B.; McCauley, Jenna L.; Ruggiero, Kenneth J.; Kilpatrick, Dean G. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
Rape is a well-established risk factor for mental health disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. However, most studies have focused on forcible rape tactics and have not distinguished these from tactics that involve drug or alcohol intoxication. The authors' aim was to examine correlates of PTSD and depression in a…
Descriptors: Rape, Females, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Health
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