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Direct linkStephens, 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
Cusano, Julia; Kirkner, Anne; Johnson, Laura; McMahon, Sarah – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Study explores the role of well-documented individual-level correlates of a range of types of sexual violence among undergraduates and examines both individual-level and incident-level correlates of disclosure patterns to formal and informal sources. Participants: The current study involves the analysis of campus climate data collected…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sexual Abuse, Violence, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
Daugherty, Timothy K.; Mannebach, Alexander J. – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2023
This study sought to examine whether mumbling might, for some youths, arise among traumatic sequelae. College students provided retrospective reports of mumbling and completed standardized measures of trauma history and posttraumatic distress (Brief Trauma Questionnaire, Beck Anxiety Inventory for Primary Care, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, and the…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Speech Communication, College Students
Philyaw-Kotov, Meredith L.; Walton, Maureen A.; Brenneman, Brianne; Gleckman-Krut, Miriam; Davis, Alan K.; Bonar, Erin E. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Campus sexual assault (SA) prevention programs are widely implemented, despite few having strong empirical support. To inform the development and refinement of prevention programs, we collected pilot qualitative data to capture undergraduates' perspectives regarding desirable program characteristics. Participants: Undergraduates…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Prevention
Rachael Loucks – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The present preliminary study is aimed at finding the interconnection between maladaptive personality characteristics, sexually aggressive behaviors, and rape myth endorsement in a sample comprised of college men. Sexual violence is particularly rampant in the college venue, therefore, understanding more about the risk factors associated with…
Descriptors: Rape, Misconceptions, Sexuality, Aggression
Bull, Anna; Page, Tiffany – Gender and Education, 2021
Drawing on data from qualitative interviews with students who had attempted to report staff sexual misconduct to their higher education institutions in the UK, the article analyses interviewees' experiences of 'grooming' and boundary-blurring behaviours from academic staff where the possibility for consent was affected by the power imbalances…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Abuse, College Students, College Faculty
Jeon, Eunjin – Religious Education, 2021
Clergy sexual abuse is happening in faith communities. Particularly, Korean immigrant churches, though playing crucial roles in empowering immigrants' agency and providing support networks, often fail to support survivors because of both a dysfunction of culture and a fragmented educational ministry. Along with the #ChurchToo movement, young women…
Descriptors: Clergy, Sexual Abuse, Social Media, Korean Americans
