Fight sexual violence by engaging male students

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 9-9
Author(s):  
Claudine McCarthy
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xun Li ◽  
Shi-Ting Xiang ◽  
Jie Dong

Abstract Experiences of sexual violence and physical fight had been identified as independent risk factors for suicidal behaviors among adolescents. The question raises whether the concurrence of these two risk factors further increases the risk of suicidal behaviors among ideators, and by how much the risk increases. This study analyzed data from the 2019 National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys. Students that reported had seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year were included (n=1755). The associations between physical fight/sexual violence status and the risk of suicide attempt/plan/injurious attempt were estimated. The concurrence of physical fight and sexual violence substantially increased the relative risks for attempted suicide (relative risk (RR)=2.01, 95%CI: 1.74, 2.31) and injurious suicide attempt (RR=4.03, 95%CI: 2.81, 5.78; subgroup analyses: among female, RR=3.25, 95%CI: 2.09, 5.04; among male, RR=6.19, 95%CI: 3.3, 12.14). Among students with concurrent physical fight and sexual violence, males reported more risk behaviors (median=14) than females (median=12)(P=0.0023). The concurrence of physical fight and sexual violence substantially increased the risks for attempted suicide among adolescent suicide ideators. A wide variety of risk behaviors clustered with the concurrence of physical fight and sexual violence, especially among males, which possibly lead to the higher rate of injurious suicide attempt among male students.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-58
Author(s):  
Emily M. Colpitts

In this paper, I argue that anti-feminist backlash at Canadian universities is fuelled by, and has a significant impact on, anti-violence efforts on campus and, in particular, whether and how they engage with male students and normative constructions of masculinity.


2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051988386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Kammer-Kerwick ◽  
Alexander Wang ◽  
T’Shana McClain ◽  
Sharon Hoefer ◽  
Kevin M. Swartout ◽  
...  

A multisite survey conducted at eight campuses of a southwestern university system provides the data for the present study, total N = 17,039 with 1,869 gender and sexual minority (GSM) students. Sexual violence was measured using the Sexual Experiences Survey (SES), and analysis included both the participant’s risk of experiencing sexual violence and the extent (or total count) of sexual violence experienced. This study poses the following research questions: What effects do gender identity and sexual orientation have on the risk and extent of sexual violence among students and, among victims, what is the relationship between gender identity/sexual orientation and mental health (posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], depression) and academic environment (disengagement and safety) outcomes for university students? Multilevel, random effect hurdle models captured this sequential victimization dynamic. GSM and cisgender heterosexual (CH) female students are predicted to be 2.6 and 3 times, respectively, as likely to experience sexual violence compared with CH male students. In addition, GSM students experiencing sexual violence are also expected to experience a greater number of sexually violent acts (74% more) over their college career compared with victimized CH male students. The models confirm that the risk of victimization increases over time (13% per year for CH male students), but GSM students are expected to experience an additional (10%) increase in risk of victimization per year compared with CH male students. GSM and CH female students are also predicted to be more likely to have PTSD and experience more severe depression symptoms than CH male students. GSM students are expected to experience significantly higher rates of PTSD, worse depressive symptoms, and greater disengagement than CH female students. The discussion explores how institutions of higher education might recognize the resilience of GSM students and consider the protective potential of social and community support when developing programs or interventions for diverse populations.


2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. NP1-NP10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuling Chao ◽  
Xueyan Yang ◽  
Cheng Luo

In Western research, self-injurious behaviors are commonly viewed as “feminine” behavior. In this present study, using the data from a survey administered to 960 first- and second-year students in Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, the self-injurious behaviors among college students are analyzed by sex. The results reported that the average prevalence of self-injurious behaviors among male students is 35.2%, higher than the 20.4% observed among female students ( p < .1), and the average frequency of severe self-injurious behaviors among male students is 0.4, higher than the 0.18 reported among female students ( p < .05). Gender role conflicts and verbal violence are strongly associated with male students’ self-injurious behaviors, whereas gender role conflicts and verbal, visual, and sexual violence are strongly associated with female students’ self-injurious behaviors. This suggests that self-injurious behaviors among college students in China constitute, to some extent, a boy crisis that can be well explained by gender role conflicts. In addition, verbal violence leads to self-injurious behaviors among both male and female students, whereas visual and sexual violence lead to self-injurious behaviors only among female students.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janko Međedović ◽  
Goran Knežević

Abstract. Earlier research suggested that militant extremists could have certain aspects of psychopathic and psychotic characteristics. Relying on these studies, we investigated whether the Militant Extremist Mind-Set (MEM) could be explained by psychopathy, sadism, and Disintegration (psychosis proneness), as subclinical manifestations of amoral, antisocial, and psychotic-like traits. In Study 1 (306 undergraduate students), it was shown that sadistic and psychopathic tendencies were related to Proviolence (advocating violence as a means for achieving a goal); psychopathic and disintegrative tendencies were associated to the Vile World (belief in a world as a corrupted and vile place), while Disintegration was the best predictor of Divine Power (relying on supernatural forces as a rationale for extremist acts). In Study 2 (147 male convicts), these relations were largely replicated and broadened by including implicit emotional associations to violence in the study design. Thus, while Proviolence was found to be related to a weakened negative emotional reaction to violent pictures, Vile World was found to be associated with stronger negative emotions as a response to violence. Furthermore, Proviolence was the only MEM factor clearly differentiating the sample of convicts from male students who participated in Study 1. Results help extend current understanding about personal characteristics related to militant extremism.


2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aida Orgocka ◽  
Jasna Jovanovic

This study examined how social opportunity structure influences identity exploration and commitment of Albanian high school students. A total of 258 students completed a questionnaire that gauged their identity exploration and commitment in three domains: education, occupation, and family. ANOVA results indicated that, overall, students scored highest in exploration in the domain of education and in commitment in the domain of family. Students' exploration and commitment were linked to gender. Albanian female students scored higher than male students in exploration and commitment regarding education and family. Perceived work opportunities in Albania or abroad also significantly moderated participants' exploration in the domain of education and were associated with commitment in education and occupation. As one of the first studies to explore Albanian youth's identity development in relation to social opportunity structure, findings are discussed in light of furthering the field of Albanian adolescent and youth development.


2017 ◽  
Vol 225 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivar Bråten ◽  
Andreas Lien ◽  
John Nietfeld

Abstract. In two experiments with Norwegian undergraduates and one experiment with US undergraduates, we examined the potential effects of brief task instructions aligned with incremental and entity views of intelligence on students’ performance on a rational thinking task. The research demonstrated that even brief one-shot task instructions that deliver a mindset about intelligence intervention can be powerful enough to affect students’ performance on such a task. This was only true for Norwegian male students, however. Moreover, it was the task instruction aligned with an entity theory of intelligence that positively affected Norwegian male students’ performance on the rational thinking task, with this unanticipated finding speaking to the context- and culture-specificity of implicit theories of intelligence interventions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-306
Author(s):  
Pratyusha Tummala-Narra ◽  
Jena Gordon ◽  
Laura D. Gonzalez ◽  
Luisa de Mello Barreto ◽  
Tera Meerkins ◽  
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