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Experiences of Interpersonal Victimization and Abuse among Autistic People
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Sarah Douglas; Felicity Sedgewick – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Intimate partner violence and sexual assault are under-researched experiences in autistic people's lives. Recent research, however, has shown that autistic people are more likely to have been victimized than non-autistic people. This research, therefore, sought to explore the firsthand accounts of a range of autistic people about intimate partner…
Descriptors: Adults, Experience, Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy
Interventional Effects Analysis of Dating Violence and Sexual Assault Victimization in LGBTQ + Adolescents: Quantifying the Roles of Inequities in School and Family Factors
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Murchison, Gabriel R.; Chen, Jarvis T.; Austin, S. Bryn; Reisner, Sari L. – Prevention Science, 2023
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/nonbinary, and queer (LGBTQ +) adolescents experience considerable disparities in dating violence and sexual assault victimization relative to heterosexual and cisgender peers. These disparities may be driven in part by the disruptive effects of heterosexism and cissexism on school-based and family…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dating (Social), Violence, Rape
Stifled Voices: Barriers to Help-Seeking Behavior for South African Childhood Sexual Assault Survivors
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Smith, Kimberly; Bryant-Davis, Thema; Tillman, Shaquita; Marks, Alison – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2010
In South Africa, females under the age of 18 comprise approximately 40% of the rapes and other forms of sexual assault that occur. However, South African girls face multiple barriers to seeking help in the aftermath of sexual assault. This literature review provides an overview of childhood sexual assault in South African girls and addresses…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Sexual Abuse, Females, Mental Health
Psycho-social Profile of Abused Children in India.
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Chowdhury, Aparajita; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Reviews the child abuse cases in India under categories based on different forms of child abuse, marital issues involved, parent child interactions, social and psychological characteristics, trends associated with the abused children, and remedial measures. Concludes with an emphasis on the need for empirical data on the extent and nature of child…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Family Influence, Intervention
[Helping Your Child To Be Safe. Korean Version.]
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, Renton, WA. – 1991
The guide, intended for limited-English-speaking Korean parents in the United States and written entirely in Korean, discusses the nature and incidence of sexual assault and offers suggestions for keeping children safe from it. It includes several stories about attempted abduction and sexual assault of children and adolescents, defines sexual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Coping, Crime Prevention
The Contribution of Family Background to the Long-Term Adjustment of Women Sexually Abused as Children.
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Edwards, James J.; Alexander, Pamela C. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1992
Tested the relative influence of relationship variables in the family of origin and sexual abuse characteristics in predicting the long-term adjustment of child sexual abuse survivors. Subjects (n=103) completed self-report measures. Persons with histories of sexual abuse reported greater parental conflict than did their nonabused counterparts.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Abuse, Family Environment, Family Influence