Dating Violence

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Measurement of Teen Dating Violence Attitudes: An Item Response Theory Evaluation of Differential Item Functioning According to Gender — Dec 31, 2008

This article examines data from 2,575 high school students who participated in a teen-dating violence intervention study. The majority of participants were Latino (91%), and the sample was nearly evenly split with respect to gender (51% female). Items from two scales (boy-on-girl violence; girl-on-boy violence) reflecting teens' attitudes about dating violence were calibrated with the graded item response theory (IRT) model and evaluated…

RESEARCH BRIEF

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues Among People with HIV — Dec 19, 2007

People living with HIV are much more likely to experience mental health or substance abuse problems than are people in the general population. About one in three individuals do not receive treatment services for these problems.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Latino Teens Talk About Help Seeking and Help Giving in Relation to Dating Violence — Aug 14, 2007

Examines attitudes about help seeking and help giving related to dating violence among Latino ninth graders.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Curbing Teen Dating Violence through School Prevention Programs — Jan 31, 2007

A study of Latino students in inner-city public high schools found that a school-based violence prevention program improved knowledge of dating violence, reduced tolerance for aggressive behavior, and improved teens' perceptions about getting help if they experienced dating violence.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Break the Cycle Evaluation Project — Dec 31, 2006

Evaluates the impact of Break the Cycle, a private, nonprofit organization that works with youth aged 12-22 to end domestic violence, on Latino youth in Los Angeles.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Reactions to Dating Violence Among Latino Teenagers: An Experiment Utilizing the Articulated Thoughts in Simulated Situations Paradigm — Dec 31, 2006

Dating violence is a serious problem among adolescents and young adults.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Latino Teens Talk About Help Seeking and Help Giving in Relation to Dating Violence — Dec 31, 2006

The authors examine attitudes about help seeking and help giving related to dating violence among Latino ninth graders, including survey and focus group data. Teens are reluctant to intervene in dating violence situations. The quality of help offered by teens related to dating violence is perceived as being limited.

COMMENTARY

Help for Homeless Women — Jun 16, 2006

Published commentary by RAND staff: Help for Homeless Women, in Washingtonpost.com.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Getting To Outcomes™: Improving Community-Based Substance-Use Prevention — Feb 7, 2006

This research brief summarizes research to create Getting To Outcomes (GTO), a science-based model and support tools to help local groups develop or improve substance-use-prevention programs.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Challenges in the Evaluation and Implementation of School-Based Prevention and Intervention Programs on Sensitive Topics — Dec 31, 2005

Describes the challenges of launching and evaluating a successful school-based health program, with lessons learned from three projects that focus on intimate partner violence.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Impact of a School-Based Dating Violence Prevention Program Among Latino Teens: Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial — Dec 31, 2005

The Ending Violence curriculum has an impact on teen norms, knowledge, and help-seeking proclivities that may aid in early intervention for dating violence among Latino/a students.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Peer and Family Influences on Adolescent Anger Expression and the Acceptance of Cross Gender Aggression — Dec 31, 2005

Eight hundred and sixty-five adolescents, primarily urban Latino youth, completed self-administered surveys at school. Multivariate analyses indicated that exposure to prior family violence was not significantly associated with adolescents; aggressive expression of anger or their acceptance of cross-gender aggression.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Cross-lagged Relationships Between Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence Among a Sample of Young Adult Women — Dec 31, 2004

The results suggest that substance use does not increase women's long-term risk of experiencing or perpetrating IPV but that victimization by IPV puts women at risk for subsequent heavy drinking.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Dating Violence Among Adolescents: Prevalence, Gender Distribution, and Prevention Program Effectiveness — Dec 31, 2003

In this review, we assess the state of the research literature on teen dating violence.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Acculturation, Gender Stereotypes, and Attitudes About Dating Violence Among Latino Youth — Dec 31, 2003

This study examined the relationship between personal characteristics (gender, acculturation, belief in gender stereotypes, recent dating experiences), and attitudes and knowledge about dating violence in urban Latino youth.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Drug-facilitated Rape: Looking for the Missing Pieces — Dec 31, 1999

In the mid- and late 1990's, ethnographers and rape crisis centers began hearing reports of drugs being administered clandestinely to immobilize victims, impair their memory, and thus facilitate rape. Two drugs in particular were mentioned: Rohypnol (flunitrazepam) and GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate). This article summarizes findings about drug-facilitated rape learned by researchers at the U.S. Department of Justice in response to a request…

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