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Kulkarni, Madhur R.; Graham-Bermann, Sandra; Rauch, Sheila A. M.; Seng, Julia – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Research has established that childhood violence exposure plays a considerable role in the development of deleterious outcomes in childhood and adulthood. However, important gaps remain in understanding the complex relationships between early violence exposure, adulthood trauma exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Child Abuse, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Pregnancy
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Baugher, Shannon N.; Elhai, Jon D.; Monroe, James R.; Gray, Matt J. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
The prediction of false rape-related beliefs (rape myth acceptance [RMA]) was examined using the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (Payne, Lonsway, & Fitzgerald, 1999) among a nonclinical sample of 258 male and female college students. Predictor variables included measures of attitudes toward women, gender role identity (GRI), sexual trauma…
Descriptors: Rape, College Students, Attitude Measures, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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David, Wendy S.; Cotton, Ann J.; Simpson, Tracy L.; Weitlauf, Julie C. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
We assessed perceptions of vulnerability and the desire for personal safety/self-defense (PS/SD) training among 67 female veterans receiving outpatient mental health treatment, primarily for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from sexual and/or physical trauma. Consistent with the literature on the impact of such training on nonclinical…
Descriptors: Safety, Veterans, Assertiveness, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder