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Do peers influence young men to perpetrate intimate partner violence?

June 1, 2010

posted in: Prevention

I find the social ecological model to be a helpful framework to highlight that prevention work needs to look beyond the individual.  So I am pleased to see research that examines risk and protective factors that go beyond individual attitudes, beliefs and experiences. In the recent article appearing in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence,

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Sexual Assault Histories and Evening Drinking Among Young American Men

February 4, 2010

posted in: Prevention

In a study recently epublished in the Journal of Sex Research, the authors examined the relationship between sexual assault histories and how much people drank that evening. In examining research it is important to understand how the study was conducted and understand how much we can generalize the findings in order to integrate the understanding

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Online Abuse: Study of Risk Factors for Adolescent Girls

December 2, 2009

posted in: Prevention

Abuse on the internet is in the news now.  While the topic may be sexting or online predators, how do violence prevention efforts address online risks?  Prevention efforts need to do more than provide warnings.  Not many years ago anti-online abuse campaigns cautioned people not to put their pictures online. As the online environment changes

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Theory of the Problem: Sexually Coercive Behavior in Male Youth

November 25, 2009

posted in: Prevention

To prevent sexual violence, we need to understand both factors that contribute to the problem; and develop a theory on how our efforts can prevent it. Donna Garske of Transforming Communities talks about having a “Theory of the Problem” and a “Theory of Change.” I find this to be a very helpful set of concepts. 

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Male Sexual Coercion: A Study from El Salvador

October 20, 2009

posted in: Prevention

In order to develop programs to prevent men from committing sexual assault, we need to understand what we want change.  If all we so is educate men to know that sexual violence takes place, we cannot succeed.  An article “Male sexual coercion: Analysis of a few associated factors” appearing in October 2009 issue of Psychology

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Child sexual abuse and future intimate partner violence

October 20, 2009

posted in: Prevention

It is complicated examining the relationship between early childhood trauma and abuse in future relationships.  We do know about the profound impact of early trauma; and, at the same time, we recognize that being abused as a child does not condemn everyone to becoming abused as an adult. Recently I was looking at some public

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