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The Incidence of Violence and Acquaintance Rape in Dating Relationships among College Men and Women.

Aizenman, Marta; Kelley, Georgette – Journal of College Student Development, 1988
Undergraduate students (N=344) completed measures of violence in dating relationships. While 85 percent of respondents reported opposition to violence in romantic relationships, 25 percent of the women and 7 percent of the men reported experiences of violence in dating relationships. Twenty-two percent of women reported being involved in…
Descriptors: College Students, Dating (Social), Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship

Russell, Gordon W.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1988
Randomly assigned 60 male undergraduates to view film clip of professional lady wrestlers or of mud wrestling, or to no-film control. Both films produced negative changes in mood states, principally increase in aggression and decrease in social affection. Viewing films did not produce changes in men's acceptance of interpersonal violence against…
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Berner, Wolfgang; And Others – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1992
In sample of 30 consecutively admitted sex offenders at treatment facility inside Austrian prison system, found 23 patients with diagnosis of personality disorder. Distribution of diagnoses did not differ significantly from other samples found in general outpatient clinic with exception of relatively high rate of sadistic personality disorder…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Criminals, Foreign Countries, Personality Problems

Resick, Patricia A.; Schnicke, Monica K. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1992
Nineteen sexual assault survivors received cognitive processing therapy in group format to help deal with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following rape. Compared to 20-subject waiting list control group, participants improved significantly from pre- to posttreatment on PTSD and depression measures and maintained their improvement for 6…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling Techniques, Rape

Pritchard, C. Ruth – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1993
Uses the methodology of conversational analysis to examine a case of "troubles talk" between a group of female survivors of rape. The conversational process of "affiliation" between interactants as it occurs within the structure of the conversation is examined as are the successfully utilized linguistic and paralinguistic…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Females, Foreign Countries, Interviews

Baier, John L.; And Others – Journal of College Student Development, 1991
Explored university students' (n=702) level of sexual activity during six-month period and degree to which they were victims of sexual coercion and assault before and since entering university. Found more than 80 percent of students were sexually active; nearly one in five women had been victims of rape or attempted rape. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Incidence, Rape

Gilbert, Neil – Public Interest, 1991
Discusses definitions and reporting of sexual assault. Concludes that the epidemic of sexual assault suggested by the media reflects a radical feminist attitude which prevents objective analysis and trivializes cases of real abuse. (DM)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Definitions, Females, Feminism

Haggard, William K. – College Student Affairs Journal, 1991
Briefly describes three prevailing theories of rape: evolutionary theory, social learning theory, and feminist theory. Applies feminist theory of rape to practice rationale for prevention programming targeted specifically at traditional-aged college males. Support for the theory, based on results of previous studies, is presented, and implications…
Descriptors: College Students, Feminism, Higher Education, Males

Hanson, R. Karl; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1993
Long-term recidivism rates of 197 child molesters released from prison between 1958 and 1974 were examined. Of the total sample, 42% were reconvicted for sexual crimes, violent crimes, or both. Other factors associated with increased recidivism were never being married and previous sexual offenses. (Author/SR)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Crime, Incest, Psychological Studies

Ullman, Sarah E.; Karabatsos, George; Koss, Mary P. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1999
Analyzes the role of alcohol in sexual assault. Hierarchical multivariate regression showed that victim alcohol abuse propensity and both victim and offender alcohol use prior to attack were directly associated with more severe sexual victimization to women. Suggests that rape and alcohol abuse prevention efforts can benefit by incorporating…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Students, Drinking, Females

Chng, Chwee Lye; Burke, Sloane – College Student Journal, 1999
College students (n=387) completed the "attitudes toward rape" questionnaire and the rape empathy scale. Analysis found that prior experience as a rape survivor and gender were significantly related to rape intolerant attitudes and empathy toward rape survivors. Rape tolerant attitudes and lower levels of empathy were more commonly found…
Descriptors: College Students, Empathy, Females, Higher Education
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
Nassar, S. C. – 1993
This document considers the usefulness of adventure-based counseling in facilitating recovery from rape. It begins with a brief introduction to this concept and a literature review examining reactions to rape trauma; traditional interventions and implications; and adventure-based counseling interventions. This section concludes that since fear and…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Outcomes of Treatment
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
Witten, Barbara J.; Remer, Rory – 1985
Society does not view rape seriously. Few rape crimes are successfully prosecuted. Rape results in permanent alteration of the victim's life. Besides street rape there is no consensus on the definition of rape. This study attempts to gather people's perceptions of rape. Subjects (N=96) were approached randomly and accepted if they fit into desired…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Racial Differences, Rape, Semantic Differential