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Tenkorang, Eric Y.; Owusu, Adobea Y.; Zaami, Mariama; Langmagne, Susan; Gyan, Sylvia – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is known to have negative health consequences for victims. For women living with HIV/AIDS, whose health may be compromised, exposure to IPV can be devastating. Yet few (if any) studies have explored the health implications of exposure to IPV among HIV-positive women. We begin to fill this gap by examining the…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Physical Health
John, Neetu A.; Kapungu, Chisina; Sebany, Meroji; Tadesse, Seifu – Youth & Society, 2023
Limited emphasis is placed on understanding the gendered pathways that influence mental health, especially long-term cumulative impacts of gender-based inequalities. Exposure to early child marriage (marriage by age 15) may exaggerate exposure to gender-based mental health risk-factors, providing an opportunity to understand the multi-layered…
Descriptors: Marriage, Gender Bias, Mental Health, Risk
Tenkorang, Eric Y. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Few studies have examined the relationships between intimate partner violence (IPV) and the sexual and reproductive health outcomes of women in sub-Saharan countries in general and Ghana specifically. This study began to fill the gap by investigating whether individual- and community-level IPV influenced unwanted pregnancy and pregnancy loss among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Violence, Birth, Females
Rachael Loucks – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The present preliminary study is aimed at finding the interconnection between maladaptive personality characteristics, sexually aggressive behaviors, and rape myth endorsement in a sample comprised of college men. Sexual violence is particularly rampant in the college venue, therefore, understanding more about the risk factors associated with…
Descriptors: Rape, Misconceptions, Sexuality, Aggression
Maiya E. Hotchkiss; Lisa Weinberg; Danielle S. Berke – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Empowerment Self-Defense (ESD) is a sexual violence prevention approach backed by rigorous empirical research, yet its availability on college campuses is limited. This manuscript evaluates the feasibility and efficacy of an ESD program embedded within a university counseling center. Methods: Participants completed an 8-session ESD…
Descriptors: Rape, Violence, Prevention, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Franklin, Cortney A.; Brady, Patrick Q.; Ashworth, Lindsay M. – Journal of School Violence, 2020
Women face heightened risk of sexual assault and a growing body of research has suggested that bystanders play a key role in preventing violence against women. To date, research has not fully explored bystander responses "following" a sexual assault event. Using self-categorization theory, this study employed an experimental design with…
Descriptors: Rape, Risk, Violence, Females
Martín-Baena, David; Mayoral, Olga; Talavera, Marta; Montero, Isabel – Journal of School Violence, 2019
Objective: To explore the association between violence and suicidal behavior in female university students. Method: A convenience sample of 540 female students enrolled in the Nursing and Teacher Training Faculties at the University of Valencia was selected. Violence by partners, nonpartners, and both was compared with suicidal thoughts and…
Descriptors: Violence, Suicide, Females, College Students
Lacy, Martha – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study was conducted to determine if middle school female students were exhibiting violent behavior in a large mid-south urban school district. The subjects were all middle school female students within 30 middle schools in a large mid-south urban school district from 2012-2013 until 2016-2017. Information about middle school female students'…
Descriptors: Violence, Females, Middle School Students, Student Behavior
Franklin, Cortney A.; Brady, Patrick Q.; Jurek, Alicia L. – Journal of School Violence, 2017
Bystander intervention has been an effective strategy for crime prevention and has been successful in the context of campus sexual assault. Less is known about the extent to which individual-level factors correlate with intervention behavior in situations of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual harassment. The present study used a sample of…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Violence, Victims, Sexual Harassment
Orchowski, Lindsay M.; Gobin, Robyn L.; Zlotnick, Caron – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2018
Research is needed to understand intersecting health risks among community college students. Applying a syndemic framework, the present research explored childhood sexual victimization, adolescent sexual victimization, intimate partner violence (IPV), marijuana use, alcohol consumption, and symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder…
Descriptors: Correlation, Victims, Sexuality, Contraception
Landis, Debbie; Yu, Gary; Tanner, Sophie; Karungu, Caroline; Mallinga, P. A.; Falb, Kathryn; Stark, Lindsay – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2019
Little is known about the differential experiences with violence among girls in conflict-affected societies based on their involvement in formal education. A quantitative survey was conducted with girls between the ages of 10-14 across 14 sites in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The prevalence of three forms of violence was estimated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Involvement, Instructional Effectiveness, Violence
Wood, Leila; Voth Schrag, Rachel; Busch-Armendariz, Noël – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: The study assesses the prevalence of physical, psychological, sexual, and cyber forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) among female college students, and associated mental health and academic outcomes.Participants: Participants (n = 6,818) were randomly selected female students attending one of eight campuses of a University System in…
Descriptors: Violence, College Students, Females, Mental Health
Bhattacharjee, Parinita; Campbell, Linda; Thalinja, Raghavendra; Nair, Sapna; Doddamane, Mahesh; Ramanaik, Satyanarayana; Isac, Shajy; Beattie, Tara S. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
While traditional HIV prevention programs with female sex workers (FSWs) in Karnataka, India, have focused on reducing HIV transmission between FSWs and clients through increased condom use, these programs have not fully addressed the transmission risk between FSWs and their nonpaying intimate partners (IPs). Condom use is infrequent and violence…
Descriptors: Correlation, Females, Foreign Countries, Participatory Research
Online Submission, 2018
In 2016 the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 46 Society for Media Psychology & Technology established the Task Force on the Sexualization of Popular Music. The Task Force was deemed a need considering current trends in popular music consumption, the increased sexualization of popular music, and the potential consequences of…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Popular Culture, Music, Advisory Committees
Groff Stephens, Sara; Wilke, Dina J. – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: To examine the relationships between sexual violence experiences, inaccurate body weight perceptions, and the presence of eating disorder (ED) indicators in a sample of female US college students. Participants: Participants were 6,090 college females 25 years of age and younger. Methods: A secondary analysis of National College Health…
Descriptors: Rape, Violence, Sexuality, Correlation