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Frazier, Patricia; And Others – 1993
This study assessed the effectiveness of an interactive, co-educational date rape prevention program. Participants for the study (n=192, 97% Caucasian) consisted of sorority and fraternity members of a larger midwestern university. Eighty-four individuals were assigned to a control group with the rest making up the intervention group. All subjects…
Descriptors: College Students, Dating (Social), Higher Education, Prevention
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Sullivan, Michele, Ed. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1983
Provides a rationale for women's groups and describes benefits to group members. The seven articles in this special issue deal with using a group approach to deal with anger, rape, lesbianism, sexuality awareness, issues for Black women and overcoming internal barriers to career development. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Development, Females, Feminism
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Malamuth, Neil M.; Check, James V. P. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1981
Students (N=271) were subjects in an experiment on the effects of exposure to films that portray sexual violence as having positive consequences. Results indicated that exposure to the films portraying violent sexuality increased male subjects' acceptance of interpersonal violence against women. Females exhibited tendencies in the opposite…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Females, Films
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Malamuth, Neil M.; And Others – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1996
A model of the characteristics of sexually aggressive men which emphasizes the convergence of several interrelated factors is described. The model explores the role of sexual and power motives underlying rape and other forms of sexual aggression. Also describes a risk analysis which illustrates the potential relevance of the model to clinical…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Crime, Males
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Foubert, John D.; Tatum, Jerry L.; Donahue, Greg A. – NASPA Journal, 2006
First-year men (261) saw a rape prevention program and were asked to give their reactions to what they saw by answering four open-ended questions, requesting information about whether participants experience either attitude or behavior change resulting from the program, particularly in relation to situations involving alcohol and sexually intimate…
Descriptors: Males, Rape, Prevention, Student Attitudes
Cann, Arnie; And Others – 1977
The effects of the sex of the respondent and of the sexual history of the victim on reactions to rape victims were examined. Newspaper accounts described a rape and related some of the victim's testimony at the trial of the accused rapist. The victim's testimony was varied as follows: no information on her sexual history, information on sexual…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Beliefs, Decision Making, Experience
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Scarpitti, Frank R.; Scarpitti, Ellen C. – Society, 1977
The new and popular concern for rape may be attributed to three probably interrelated factors: changing standards regarding the depiction and discussion of sex and violence, an increase in the number of reported rapes, and rising rape consciousness on the part of women. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Aggression, Attitude Change, Change Agents, Crime
Comstock, George – Television & Children, 1983
Defines pornography, the aspect of sexuality which evokes most attention from the media, and discusses findings of the President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography and of psychologists who have recently found that exposure to a portrayal where violence and sex are coupled does increase subsequent aggression toward a female. (MBR)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Males, Mass Media Effects, Media Research
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Zillmann, Dolf; Bryant, Jennings – Journal of Communication, 1982
Explored the consequences of continued exposure to pornography on beliefs about sexuality in general and on dispositions toward women in particular. Found that massive exposure to pornography resulted in a loss of compassion toward women as rape victims and toward women in general. (PD)
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Females, Films
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Herold, Edward S., And Others – Adolescence, 1979
Information was obtained from 130 Canadian university women on their experience as victims of sexual offenses, ranging from obscene phone calls and exhibitionism to sexual molestation and rape. Incidence, emotional reactions, relationship to offender and reporting of the offense to friends or authorities were studied. (SJL)
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Crime, Emotional Response
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Skinner, Linda J.; And Others – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1995
Delineates a typology for sexual aggressors involved in dating relationships. Sexual aggressors involved in "date" or "acquaintance" rape fall into two categories, each with three subtypes. Is designed to assist in the implementation of treatment and prevention programs and lead to a better understanding of the differential…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Dating (Social)
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Kaufman, Keith L.; And Others – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1996
Clinical practice has supported the use of structured interviews with perpetrators and victims of sexual offenses. However, empirical studies have not examined the differential utility of structured interviews and self-report questionnaires for obtaining information about sex offenders' modus operandi. Compares the ability of these two assessment…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Abuse, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals
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Woods, Susan; Bower, Douglas J. – American Journal of Health Education, 2001
Surveyed college students regarding their acceptance of rape-myth beliefs expounded by the date rape backlash movement. Results indicated that gender, adversarial attitudes toward sexual relationships, political and sex role views, perception of false accusation vulnerability, academic honorary membership, Greek affiliation, and knowledge of a…
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehensive School Health Education, Dating (Social), Higher Education
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Gannon, Susanne – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2007
This paper examines a local and specific instance of the effects of neoliberal markets on individual and institutional subjects of schooling. It reviews a court case between a prestigious private girls' school and an ex-student who sued the school for failing to provide adequate supervision on a school trip to Europe during which she was raped. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Court Litigation
Allen, Mike; And Others – 1992
A study quantitatively summarized the literature examining the association between acceptance of rape myths and exposure to pornography to address disputes in the academic community regarding the consistency of such research. The entire collection of "Psychological Abstracts" and "Sociological Abstracts" was manually searched…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Literature Reviews, Mass Media Effects, Meta Analysis
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