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Comfort in Seeking Support from Sexual Violence Prevention Education Health Services among College Women
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Shalaurey L. Jones; Jim E. Banta; Mekeila Cook; Ronald Mataya; Jennifer Zuniga – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Explores racial differences of sexual violence-(SV) health service-(HS) outcomes among college women: (1) seeking support from a confidential-resource-(CR) and (2) reporting SV to the Title IX office. Participants: Data was collected from all ages of women (N = 583) and grade levels from one-large university on the Pacific-coast.…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Violence, College Students, Females
Sexual Assault Predicts Unhealthy Weight Management among College Women: A Longitudinal, Prospective Study
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Larissa A. McGarrity; Robyn L. Shepardson; Kate B. Carey; Michael P. Carey – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To examine whether sexual assault prospectively predicts unhealthy weight management behaviors in college women. Method: Participants were female college students (N = 483) with monthly assessments across the first year, including the frequency and severity of sexual assault and unhealthy weight management behaviors. Results: Frequency…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Crime, Females, College Students
The Feminist Teacher's Dilemma: Faculty Labor and the Culture of Sexual Violence in Higher Education
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Larson, Stephanie R. – Harvard Educational Review, 2023
While activists and scholars have interrogated the problem of campus sexual assault, studies have yet to understand its effects on faculty labor. In this analytical essay, Stephanie R. Larson expands studies of campus sexual violence by addressing how ineffective reporting procedures and inadequate mechanisms of response have consequences for…
Descriptors: Crime, Sexual Abuse, Rape, College Faculty
Differential Perceptions of a Hypothetical Sexual Assault Survivor Based on Race and Ethnicity: Exploring Victim Responsibility, Trauma, and Need for Social Support
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Lewis, Kaleea R.; Robillard, Alyssa; Billings, Deborah; White, Kellee – Journal of American College Health, 2019
Objective: Explore the ways in which a sample of college women interpret racially/ethnically coded vignettes to understand their perceptions of responsibility and trauma experienced by a hypothetical female sexual assault survivor and her need for social support. Participants: Convenience sample of college women (N = 51) attending a large,…
Descriptors: College Students, Rape, Social Support Groups, Student Attitudes
Sexual Assault of Older Women by Strangers
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Lea, Susan J.; Hunt, Laura; Shaw, Steve – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
This study examines victim, offender, and offence characteristics associated with sexual assaults by strangers of older women compared to those against younger women. Cases are obtained from the Serious Crime Analysis Section of the United Kingdom National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA; formerly Centrex). All possible cases of rape, attempted…
Descriptors: Rape, Females, Older Adults, Foreign Countries
Avoidant Coping and Treatment Outcome in Rape-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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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