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Walters, Glenn D.; Espelage, Dorothy L. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
In a previous study, reactive criminal thinking or cognitive impulsivity mediated the relationship between parental knowledge and delinquency. This study sought to determine whether cognitive impulsivity also mediated the relationship between parental knowledge and childhood aggression. A path analysis was performed on a sample of 438 early…
Descriptors: Aggression, Conceptual Tempo, Correlation, Bullying
Anderson, Jocelyn C.; Pollitt, Erin; Crowley, Joseph; Holbrook, Debra; Draughon Moret, Jessica E. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: To elicit feedback on the acceptability, usability, and dissemination options for the bMOREsafe smartphone application (app). Participants: Forty-nine students and six service-providers provided feedback on the bMOREsafe app between April 2015 and March 2016. Methods: Students responded to an anonymous online survey and providers…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Trauma, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Cooper, Afua – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2017
This essay explores the vulnerability of enslaved African Canadian Black women by examining the death of Diana Bastian, an enslaved Black teenager who in 1792 was raped by George More, a member of the Governing Council of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Though Bastian begged for assistance during the resultant pregnancy, More denied her such aid and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Slavery, Death, Females
Beres, Melanie A.; Treharne, Gareth J.; Stojanov, Zoran – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2019
Universities across the world have been increasingly focused on responding to campus sexual violence. Developing a response is complex and involves addressing policy, support for those impacted by sexual violence and prevention. This manuscript outlines the structure and development of the University of Otago's whole campus approach to sexual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Abuse, College Students, Models
Steiner, Jennifer P. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Data collected over the past 30+ years consistently show one in five women are sexually assaulted on college campuses (Mccauley & Casler, 2015), and that the occurrence may be even higher due to serious underreporting on campuses (Palmer & Alda, 2016). To better combat sexual assault on campus, universities are charged through federal law…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Rape, Intervention, Prevention
Marcantonio, Tiffany L.; Angelone, D. J.; Swirsky, Jill; Joppa, Meredith – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: Study abroad students engage in problematic alcohol use, risky sexual activity, and maintain high risk for sexual assault; however, there is a lack of information about relevant prevention practices in study abroad programs. The purpose of this project was to understand the health and safety behaviors (HSBs) discussed with students…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Health Behavior, Administrator Attitudes, Risk
Yusufov, Miryam; Orchowski, Lindsay M. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: Most sexual assault prevention approaches are universal in nature. The present study evaluated a Transtheoretical Model (TTM)--based Stages of Change (SOC) measure assessing readiness to utilize sexual assault risk reduction skills. The measure was evaluated with regard to Decisional Balance and Self-Efficacy. Participants: Survey data…
Descriptors: Females, Student Attitudes, Dating (Social), Factor Analysis
Colantonio-Yurko, Kathleen C.; Miller, Henry; Cheveallier, Jennifer – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2018
In this article, three English Language Arts teachers draw on their teaching experiences of addressing sexual violence in assigned young adult literature. The authors use their experiences to guide a series of suggestions for other teachers who wish to teach these texts in their own classes. First, the authors offer suggestions for legitimizing…
Descriptors: Rape, English, Language Arts, Sexual Abuse
Dir, Allyson L.; Riley, Elizabeth N.; Cyders, Melissa A.; Smith, Gregory T. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Sexual assault is a major public health concern and college women are four times more likely to experience sexual assault than any other group. We investigated whether sexting is a mechanism by which alcohol use increases risk for college women to be targeted for sexual assault. We hypothesized that sexting would mediate the relationship between…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Rape, Females, At Risk Persons
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
Goldschmidt-Gjerløw, Beate – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
This article explores teaching practice concerning sexual harassment and abuse in Norwegian upper secondary schools based on phone interviews with 64 social studies teachers. This study portrays great variation in what extent teachers address these issues and discusses how this variation can be understood considering teachers' personal…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse, Sex Education, Teaching Methods
Atteberry-Ash, Brittanie; Walls, N. Eugene; Kattari, Shanna K.; Peitzmeier, Sarah M.; Kattari, Leo; Langenderfer-Magruder, Lisa – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2020
Forced sex is a major issue experienced by individuals of all ages, genders, and sexual orientations. Little is known about how LGBQ, transgender, and non-binary young people experience sexual violence. This study examines experiences of forced sex, exploring the intersection of sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as how other…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, At Risk Persons, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation
National School Boards Association, 2020
Child exploitation and victimization occur in numerous ways and affect young people of all ages, races, backgrounds, socioeconomic situations, and geographic locations. It is a difficult but important subject for educators, who interact with students more directly and for more hours in a week than most other adults in students' lives. But armed…
Descriptors: Victims, Crime, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse
Marcantonio, Tiffany; Angelone, DJ; Joppa, Meredith – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: Verbal coercion (VC) is a common sexual assault (SA) tactic whereby men and women can be victims or perpetrators. College study abroad students report engagement in casual sex, alcohol consumption, and immersion in a sexualized environment (eg, an environment that supports or encourages sexual activity); factors highly associated with…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Verbal Communication, Rape, Victims
Taylor, Zachary W. – Journal of College Student Development, 2018
Longitudinal research has suggested that sexual assault on college campuses is widespread and grossly underreported. To date, scholars have not examined a seemingly commonsense aspect of sexual assault reporting: the readability of the reporting instructions themselves; therefore, in this study the author examined the readability--using four…
Descriptors: College Students, Sexual Abuse, Rape, Victims of Crime