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Tully, Carol A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Early studies on the prevalence of peer sexual harassment in schools have left little doubt that it is a serious problem, often with negative consequences. Research indicates that sexual harassment is a subjective and gendered phenomenon, and peer sexual harassment is further complicated by the developmental changes associated with adolescence.…
Descriptors: High Schools, Sexual Harassment, Outcomes of Education, School Size
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Welch, Nancy – Writing Center Journal, 2010
In this article, the author focuses on one student, Margie, who sought to write about her experience with workplace sexual harassment but who also struggled as she wrote with competing off-stage voices. Those voices--from the conversations in her classrooms, former workplace, a campus women's group, newspapers, and the televised Anita…
Descriptors: Laboratories, Writing (Composition), Role, Personal Space
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Clodfelter, Tammatha A.; Turner, Michael G.; Hartman, Jennifer L.; Kuhns, Joseph B. – Crime & Delinquency, 2010
Sexual harassment of college students may lead to more serious forms of sexual assault. Few studies have investigated sexual harassment predictors framed within competing theoretical perspectives. In this study, the literature is extended by examining (a) three types of sexual harassment on a college campus, (b) the nature of reporting, and (c)…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime, College Students
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Fanslow, Janet L.; Robinson, Elizabeth M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
Efforts to understand and support the process of help seeking by victims of intimate partner violence are of considerable urgency if we are to design systems and responses that are capable of actively and appropriately meeting the needs of victims. Using data from the New Zealand Violence Against Women Study, which drew from a representative…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Family Violence, Sexual Harassment, Females
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Knapik, Gregory P.; Martsolf, Donna S.; Draucker, Claire B.; Strickland, Karen D. – Qualitative Report, 2010
This study focuses on what aspects of attributes of spirituality as defined by Martsolf and Mickley (1998) are most salient for female and male survivors of sexual violence. Content analysis of secondary narrative data, provided by 50 participants in a study of women's and men's responses to sexual violence, was coded to the five attributes of…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Harassment, Content Analysis, Religious Factors
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Plazaola-Castano, Juncal; Ruiz-Perez, Isabel; Escriba-Aguir, Vicenta; Montero-Pinar, Isabel; Vives-Cases, Carmen – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
We aimed to analyze the internal consistency and construct validity of the Spanish version of the Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA) in a representative sample of 8,995 women attending general practice in Spain in 2006-2007. The factor structure analysis shows that the ISA measures four intimate partner violence (IPV) dimensions: emotional, physical, and…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse, Females
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Opini, Bathseba – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2012
This paper discusses barriers to the participation of women with disabilities in Kenyan university education. While studies have shown that students with disabilities are increasingly enrolling in and completing university education, the number of women with disabilities in higher education remains low. This paper highlights the factors that…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, At Risk Persons, Womens Education
Uhler, Scott F.; Smith, Gregory T. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
As Internet-based communications and interactions by and between students and school staff become more prevalent, an appreciation of school rules for student behavior is important. Students carry electronic devices, sending and receiving communications inside and outside school, so two key questions exist regarding search and seizure of such…
Descriptors: Students, Handheld Devices, Ownership, Search and Seizure
Taylor, Kelley R. – Principal Leadership, 2009
"Chief Justice Flubs Oath." "Justice Ginsburg Has Cancer Surgery." At the start of this year, those were the news headlines about the U.S. Supreme Court. But January 2009 also brought news about key education cases--one resolved and two others on the docket--of which school administrators should take particular note. The Supreme Court updates on…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Federal Government, School Law, Sexual Harassment
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Vezina, Johanne; Hebert, Martine; Poulin, Francois; Lavoie, Francine; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard E. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Few studies have explored the possible contribution of the peer group to dating violence victimization. The current study tested the hypothesis that a risky lifestyle would mediate the relationship between deviant peer affiliation and dating violence victimization among adolescent girls. The proposed mediation model was derived from lifestyles and…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Harassment, Females, Peer Relationship
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Banyard, Victoria L.; Eckstein, Robert P.; Moynihan, Mary M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
Increasing numbers of empirical studies and theoretical frameworks for preventing sexual violence are appearing in the research- and practice-based literatures. The consensus of this work is that although important lessons have been learned, the field is still in the early stages of developing and fully researching effective models, particularly…
Descriptors: Program Design, Evaluation Research, Violence, Sexual Harassment
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Vrieze, Scott I.; Grove, William M. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
All states have statutes in place to civilly commit individuals at high risk for violence. The authors address difficulties in assessing such risk but use as an example the task of predicting sexual violence recidivism; the principles espoused here generalize to predicting all violence. As part of the commitment process, mental health…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Violence, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse
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Hunsaker, Johanna S. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2010
Larimor University entered a relationship with a donor during a time of continuous leadership changes. The case study had many issues: questionable ethics in fundraising and donor relations, leadership failing to uphold the values by which the institution was founded, leadership transition and succession planning, ineffective management policies,…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Fund Raising, Leadership Styles, Ethics
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Alriksson-Schmidt, Ann I.; Armour, Brian S.; Thibadeau, Judy K. – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether US female adolescents who self-reported having a physical disability or long-term health problem were more likely to report having been physically forced to have sexual intercourse than US female adolescents without a physical disability or long-term health problem. Methods: Using…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Harassment, Females, Physical Disabilities
Meyer, Elizabeth J. – Teachers College Press, 2009
While there have been countless studies of bullying and harassment in schools, none have examined the key gender issues related to these behaviors. In her new book, Meyer does just that and offers readers tangible and flexible suggestions to help them positively transform the culture of their school and reduce the incidences of gendered…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Bullying, Homosexuality, Social Bias
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