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Sexual Violence at University: Are Varsity Athletes More at Risk?

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Some studies report that the sport context increases the risk of exposure to sexual violence for athletes. In contrast, others indicate a protective effect of sport participation against sexual violence, particularly among varsity athletes.
Sylvie Parent, Sylvie Parent, Sylvie Parent, Sylvie Parent, Sylvie Parent, Isabelle Daigneault, Isabelle Daigneault, Isabelle Daigneault, Isabelle Daigneault, Isabelle Daigneault, Stephanie Radziszewski, Stephanie Radziszewski, Stephanie Radziszewski, Stephanie Radziszewski, Stephanie Radziszewski, Manon Bergeron, Manon Bergeron, Manon Bergeron, Manon Bergeron   +18 more
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The role of mental health in primary prevention of sexual and gender-based violence [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2014
In this short communication, we assert that mental health has a crucial role in the primary prevention of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). However, we found that most research and practice to date has focused on the role of mental health post ...
Aník Gevers, Elizabeth Dartnall
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Development and Evaluation of an Elder Abuse Forensic Nurse Examiner e-Learning Curriculum

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2020
In Ontario, Canada, there is a need for an easily accessible training for forensic nurse examiners on the provision of care for abused older adults. In this study, our objective was to develop and evaluate a novel elder abuse nurse examiner e-learning ...
Sarah Daisy Kosa PhD, Janice Du Mont EdD, Sheila Macdonald MN   +2 more
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Strengthening Bonds between Children, Young People, and their Families after Family Violence

Voices, 2018
The experience of family violence greatly impacts family dynamics and often results in children and young people becoming intertwined in a complex cycle of love, hope, and fear within their family system.
Rebecca Fairchild, Janine Sheridan
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Mental health of victims of sexual violence in eastern Congo: associations with daily stressors, stigma, and labeling [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The conflict-ridden context of eastern Congo has set the scene for grueling human rights violations, with sexual violence as one of the 'weapons of war'.
Broekaert, Eric, De Schryver, Maarten, Derluyn, Ilse, Verelst, An   +3 more
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The child and Adolescent Trauma Screen 2 (CATS-2) – validation of an instrument to measure DSM-5 and ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in children and adolescents

European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2022
Background: The study examined the psychometric properties of the Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen 2 (CATS-2) as a measure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) according to DSM-5 and (Complex) PTSD following the ICD-11 criteria in children and ...
Cedric Sachser, Lucy Berliner, Elizabeth Risch, Rita Rosner, Marianne S. Birkeland, Rebekka Eilers, Gertrud S. Hafstad, Elisa Pfeiffer, Paul L. Plener, Tine K. Jensen   +9 more
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The Urgency of the Law on Sexual Violence Criminal Act in Combating Sexual Violence in Indonesia

Ius Poenale, 2022
The challenging aspect of a large number of sexual violence in Indonesia for the last has pronpted the government a to create few years draft law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence included in the National Legislation Program Priority 2021.
Setiawan Adiputra, Agsel Awanisa, Yemima Hotmaria Purba   +2 more
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A comparison of intimate partner and other sexual assault survivors’ use of different types of specialized hospital-based violence services

BMC Women's Health, 2017
Background Little is known about the health service utilization of women sexually assaulted by their intimate partners, as compared with those sexually assaulted by other perpetrators.
Janice Du Mont, Maryam Woldeyohannes, Sheila Macdonald, Daisy Kosa, Linda Turner   +4 more
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Exploring the effect of early menarche on sexual violence among adolescent girls and young women in southeastern Ghana: a longitudinal mediation analysis

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2023
Research from several high-income countries links early menarche with an increased risk for sexual violence. However, the role of early menarche in adolescent girls’ and young women’s sexual violence risk in sub-Saharan Africa, where sexual violence ...
Mobolaji Ibitoye, Marni Sommer, Leslie L. Davidson, Theo G. M. Sandfort   +3 more
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The little tissue that couldn’t – dispelling myths about the Hymen’s role in determining sexual history and assault

Reproductive Health, 2019
Conclusions about women’s and girls’ sexual history are made in some settings based on assumptions about the hymen, a small membranous tissue with no known biological function, which typically occupies a portion of the external vaginal opening in females.
Ranit Mishori, Hope Ferdowsian, Karen Naimer, Muriel Volpellier, Thomas McHale   +4 more
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