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Kimberly, Claire; Hardman, Alisha M. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2019
Sexual assault on college campuses has been a longstanding problem in the USA. Unfortunately, relatively little has been done to look at the characteristics of these attacks and how they might relate to knowledge of sexual assault policies, participation in sex education courses, beliefs toward sexual violence, and willingness to intervene if an…
Descriptors: Rape, Student Attitudes, Intervention, School Policy
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Stepleton, Kate; McMahon, Sarah; Potter, Cathryn C.; MacKenzie, Michael J. – Journal of College Counseling, 2019
Using survey data from a large, public university, the authors examined the relationships of precollege sexual violence experience to revictimization and disclosure. Among victims of campus sexual violence, those with prior sexual victimization were no more or less likely to disclose to campus resources and were less likely to disclose to peers.…
Descriptors: Victims, Sexuality, Rape, Disclosure
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Bonar, Erin E.; Rider-Milkovich, Holly M.; Huhman, Anne K.; McAndrew, Laura; Goldstick, Jason E.; Cunningham, Rebecca M.; Walton, Maureen A. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2019
Preventing sexual assault in college and university settings is an important public health priority. The college campus is a high-risk setting for experiencing sexual assault while at university. Many campuses utilise brief educational programmes to prevent sexual assault, but these programmes are rarely evaluated. In this paper, we provide a…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Rape, Prevention
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Halstead, Valerie; Williams, Jessica R.; Gattamorta, Karina; Gonzalez-Guarda, Rosa – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: The purpose of this study is to describe current sexual violence screening practices of student health centers located on universities in Florida. Participants: Institutional level data was collected from 33 student health centers from November 2015 through January 2016. The student health centers were located on public or private…
Descriptors: Rape, Sexuality, Violence, Screening Tests
Royster, Leigh-Anne A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Gender based violence is experienced at higher rates on college campuses than in other communities. One in five women experience acquaintance rape during their academic career and less than 5% of college women who have experienced sexual assault report their victimization (Fisher, Cullen, & Turner, 2000). Recent federal guidance is meant to…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Violence, Prevention, Females
Double, Katelin B. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
A mixed methodological approach was used to examine the impact of disclosure characteristics on mental health among individuals who have experienced campus sexual violence occurring at Christian and non-religiously affiliated universities. After completing an online survey, a sample of 97 participants qualified for the study. No disclosure and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Sexuality, Violence, Correlation
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Mancini, Christina; Budd, Kristen M. – Journal of School Violence, 2020
Recently, the federal government and colleges have sought new remedies to combat campus sexual assault (CSA). Additionally, there have been calls for shifts in college culture. For this reason, an understanding of attitudes about these policies and reforms is needed. To that end, the study examines three questions. First, to what extent does the…
Descriptors: Rape, Campuses, College Students, Public Opinion
Best, Neil A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
One of 5 women are sexually assaulted during college, resulting not only in immediate suffering, but also negative consequences that affect their career trajectory and success over a lifetime (Krebs et al., 2016; Loya, 2015). Although previous research has focused on the individual predictors of violence, more recent research has hypothesized the…
Descriptors: Incidence, Sexuality, Rape, Student Attitudes
McGhee, James D., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Sexual violence is a significant problem on college and university campuses in the United States affecting large percentages of students during their studies and later in life. To confront this alarming issue, the United States Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights issued new guidance under Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to…
Descriptors: Rape, Disclosure, School Safety, Civil Rights
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McMahon, Sarah; Farmer, G. Lawrence – Social Work Research, 2011
Social workers responsible for developing rape prevention programs on college campuses must have valid evaluation instruments. This article presents the challenges encountered by the authors when they attempted to keep rape myth measures relevant to student populations by updating the language to reflect the subtleties involved with rape myths.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students, Campuses, Rape
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Foubert, John D.; Newberry, Johnathan T.; Tatum, Jerry – NASPA Journal, 2008
First-year men at a midsized public university either saw a rape prevention program or were in a control group and were asked to complete attitude and behavior surveys at the beginning and end of an academic year. Participants were also asked whether they joined fraternities during that year. With 90% of first-year men participating throughout the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior
Malveaux, Julianne – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
Even though laws have been passed to protect young women--who are most at risk for rape--from sexual assault on campus, many young men think they can rape without consequence. Thus, the Campus Security Act of 1990 (now known as the Jerome Clery Act), which requires campuses to report serious crimes on campus, and the Campus Sexual Assault Victim's…
Descriptors: Rape, Athletes, School Security, Campuses
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Locke, Benjamin D.; Mahalik, James R. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
Male sexual aggression toward women is a serious social problem, particularly on college campuses. In this study, college men's sexually aggressive behavior and rape myth acceptance were examined using conformity to 11 masculine norms and 2 variables previously linked to sexual aggression: problem drinking and athletic involvement. Results…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Females, Campuses, Masculinity