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Direct linkJones, Kristyn A.; Strange, Deryn – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019
We tested whether people are attuned to critical memory factors, such as age at the timing of encoding and hedge words when judging the credibility of testimony. In two experiments, participants read a 19-year-old's testimony regarding a sexual assault. We manipulated whether participants learned that the assault occurred 4 years ago (when the…
Descriptors: Evaluative Thinking, Credibility, Memory, Sexual Abuse
Min, Hosik – Journal of American College Health, 2019
Objective: To examine the effect of nontraditional student status on abusive relationships, namely emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Participants: The 2011--2014 American College Health Association National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) II data (N = 102,563) were utilized for the analysis. Methods: Logistic regression models were…
Descriptors: College Students, Nontraditional Students, Antisocial Behavior, Violence
Herbenick, Debby; Fu, Tsung-Chieh; Dodge, Brian; Fortenberry, J. Dennis – Journal of American College Health, 2019
Objective: To examine, in a probability sample of undergraduate students, characteristics of students' most recent sexual experiences (including alcohol use) as well as their experiences with nonconsensual sex. Participants: In January and February 2015, 22,046 students were invited to participate in an anonymous, cross-sectional, Internet-based…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Sexuality
Szojka, Zsofia A.; Nicol, Annabelle; La Rooy, David – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2020
This study investigated the narrative coherence of children's accounts elicited in multiple forensic interviews. Transcriptions of 56 police interviews with 28 children aged 3-14 years alleging physical and sexual abuse were coded for markers of completeness, consistency and connectedness. We found that multiple interviews increased the…
Descriptors: Interviews, Children, Observation, Crime
Stolzenberg, Stacia N.; Morse, Stephanie J.; Haverkate, Danielle L.; Garcia-Johnson, Anastacia M. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2020
The present study assessed how attorneys questioned children in cases of child sexual abuse in the United States tried between 2005 and 2015. Trial testimonies (N = 134) of 5- to 17-year-olds (M = 12 years old) were coded for the linguistic form of attorneys' questions and children's subsequent responses. Three fourths of all questions were closed…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Questioning Techniques, Court Litigation
Renn, Kristen A. – About Campus, 2020
Some crises arrive in higher education with no proximal warning, while others might be seen coming from more of a distance. The COVID pandemic fits the latter category, of a crisis that was seen coming but which arrived with velocity and ferocity never seen on such a universal, global scale. A theme that cuts across crises is the uncountable cost…
Descriptors: State Universities, Sexual Abuse, College Administration, Crisis Management
Download full textStephens, Jacquelyn E.; Kessler, Courtenay L.; Buss, Claudia; Miller, Gregory E.; Grobman, William A.; Keenan-Devlin, Lauren; Borders, Ann E.; Adam, Emma K. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Stress during pregnancy affects maternal health and well-being, as well as the health and well-being of the next generation, in part through the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Although most studies have focused solely on proximal experiences (i.e., during the pregnancy) as sources of prenatal stress, there has been a recent surge in…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Pregnancy, Stress Variables, Economic Status
Jeroen Dewinter; Morénike Giwa Onaiwu; Maria L. Massolo; Reid Caplan; Els Van Beneden; Nikki Brörmann; Eileen T. Crehan; Lisa A. Croen; Susan Faja; Dena L. Gassner; Laura Graham Holmes; Cat Hughes; Morrigan Hunter; Monique Huysamen; Paola Jelonche; Meng-Chuan Lai; Ilse Noens; Heta Pukki; Mark A. Stokes; John F. Strang; Anna I. R. van der Miesen – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
This short report presents recommendations to promote health and well-being relating to sexuality and gender diversity in autistic individuals. The recommendations were developed based on the latest available scientific knowledge coupled with a community-driven approach. An international group of autistic and non-autistic experts in the fields of…
Descriptors: Well Being, LGBTQ People, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Youth
Pietro A. Sasso; Amber Manning-Ouellette; Kim E. Bullington; Shelley Price-Williams – Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, 2024
This narrative qualitative study explored how sorority members negotiated their identities within systems of hegemony with their student communities. Sorority members used women's empowerment discourse to rationalize how they consumed alcohol, engaged in frequent consensual sexual relationships, and navigated relationships with fraternity men and…
Descriptors: Sororities, Females, Student Empowerment, Drinking
Hannah Margaret Ruth Hayes; Kellie Burns; Suzanne Egan – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
While consent forms part of the Health, Wellbeing and Relationships strand of the New South Wales (NSW) Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) curriculum in Australia, it is not consistently or effectively delivered within schools. The recent e-campaign, "Teach Us Consent" in NSW, drew attention to the alarmingly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Single Sex Schools, Catholic Schools, Secondary School Students
Sisneros, Kathy; Rivera, Monica – New Directions for Student Services, 2018
Using an institutional example, this chapter offers strategies to effectively navigate institutional culture, processes, and structures to engage the entire campus community in addressing sexual violence.
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Violence, Leadership, School Culture
Xu, Yanfeng; Jedwab, Merav; Lee, Kerry A.; Levkoff, Sue E. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2023
This study aims to examine the (1) prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among children in kinship care; (2) relationships between the number and type of ACEs and children's internalizing and externalizing problems; and (3) moderating role of kinship caregivers' mental health on the relationships between ACEs and children's…
Descriptors: Children, Experience, Family Role, Caregivers
Keddie, Amanda – Australian Educational Researcher, 2023
Amid seemingly endless media reports of sexual misconduct in our various institutions and particularly our schools, calls for better addressing gender injustice through education have again proliferated. In light of these calls, it continues to be important to appreciate the difficulties of teaching and activism in this area within the context of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Private Schools, Sexual Abuse, Rape
McLean, Lyndsay – Gender and Education, 2023
This paper reflects on teaching a postgraduate degree which aims to support students to understand and challenge gender violence and contribute to gender justice. It explores three dilemmas: (i) epistemological -- how to create a curriculum which embraces diverse knowledges and decentres perspectives which can produce violence; (ii) pedagogical --…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Violence, Sexual Abuse, Social Justice
Amirazizi, Samira; Dowdy, Erin; Sharkey, Jill; Barnett, Miya – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Childhood exposure to adversity and its consequences is a significant public health challenge. Schools are beginning to understand the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and some schools are considering screening for ACEs. However, dissemination of the ACEs screener and subsequent interventions may lead to challenges and iatrogenic…
Descriptors: Trauma, Early Experience, Stress Variables, Child Abuse
