In this study, students' perceptions of Title IX were examined before and after a training session on Title IX. Conducted at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the southeastern region of the United States, the goal of this qualitative study was to explore how Title IX training affected the students' perceptions of sexual assault…

Sexual assault among college students is a prevalent occurrence. Researchers found sexual assault on college campuses have been present for decades. Six percent of males have been found to experience a sexual assault during college enrollment while the incidence increases to 19%-26% for females. Studies continue to report sexual assault is a…

Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa encounter high risks associated with sexuality and reproduction, yet face numerous barriers in obtaining appropriate health services and information. Mobile phones provide a unique opportunity to provide youth with this critical sexual and reproductive health information need. Designed from the United Nations…

Developmentally speaking, young adulthood is a time when students begin to understand how their religious beliefs influence their behavior (Fowler, 1981). For Student Affairs professionals at evangelical Christian institutions (ECIs), educating the whole student includes helping students to understand this connection with beliefs and behavior.…

Sexual arousal is associated with increases in a variety of impulsive choices, such as engaging in unprotected sex, having sex with strangers, and more frequent sexual activity. Little is known about sexual arousal's association with impulsive choice for domain-specific outcomes using a laboratory measure of impulsive choice. This study…

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) college students are among the most vulnerable to suicide when compared to cisgender and heterosexual students (Casey et al., 2022; Hatchel et al., 2021; Horwitz et al., 2020; Ketchen-Lipson et al., 2019; Shepherd et al., 2023). Building upon Joiner's (2005) interpersonal…

The current state of U.S. sexual consent education among adolescents is inadequate. Despite known benefits of receiving accurate, comprehensive information and skills regarding effective consent communication during one's teenage years, adolescents are not receiving this education from their main sources of sexual information. Thus, scholars have…

This study sought to add to limited existing literature regarding higher education institutions which offer restorative justice (RJ) as an alternative response to student sexual misconduct. Through sixteen interviews with Title IX Coordinators and other administrators at nine institutions as well as document analysis, the research provides…

This qualitative, grounded theory study seeks to better understand how college men in their first year have learned about and been socialized to engage in penetrative, genital sexual intercourse. An extensive review of literature considers the impact of pre-college and in-college environmental factors affecting a boy and man's understanding of…

Sexually transmitted infections or diseases (STIs/STDs) acquired through sexual activities lead to compromised sexual health. The adolescent population is at high risk of acquiring STIs/STDs due to their lack of knowledge. The gap in practice was that the nurse practitioners (NPs) were deficient in standard of care; adolescent patients lacked…

Reports the results of a study that examined the explanatory power of a neo-Marxist formulation of sexual inequality in American society. Suggests that the reproduction of inequality on the level of individual consciousness is irrelevant to the reproduction of sexual inequality itself. (Author/GC)

Shortcomings in sex and relationship education (SRE) related to norms and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexuality (LGBTQIA) perspectives have been reported internationally and in Sweden. This paper reports on findings from a critical study of SRE content in Swedish biology textbooks for 13- to 16-year-old pupils, with the…

The media is an important source of sexual information for young people, and exposure to media content influences how young people interpret and behave in sexual situations in real life. The media the youth attend to depicts alcohol use and sexual activities together, however, alcohol use is one of the major risk factors of sexual assaults, and…

Sexual assault of women is common on college campuses, but the vast majority of victims do not make a formal report. It is imperative to understand these decisions to help design and implement policies to normalize and encourage reporting. This study aimed to extend science on the thematic reasons for non-reporting by (1) establishing validity for…

The purpose of this study was to examine K-12 School librarians' perceptions of specific patron resources as those perceptions relate to student patrons for whom English is not the first language spoken, those exposed to trauma, and those with different sexual orientations in Alabama's public schools. A quantitative phase using a 5-point Likert…