The Effects of Gender Violence/Harassment Prevention Programming in Middle Schools: A Randomized Experimental Evaluation

In this experiment, 123 sixth and seventh grade classrooms from Cleveland area schools were randomly assigned to one of two five-session curricula addressing gender violence/sexual harassment (GV/SH) or to a no-treatment control. Three-student surveys were administered. Students in the law and justice curricula, compared to the control group, had significantly improved outcomes in awareness of their abusive behaviors, attitudes toward GV/SH and personal space, and knowledge. Students in the interaction curricula experienced lower rates of victimization, increased awareness of abusive behaviors, and improved attitudes toward personal space. Neither curricula affected perpetration or victimization of sexual harassment. While the intervention appeared to reduce peer violence victimization and perpetration, a conflicting finding emerged—the intervention may have increased dating violence perpetration (or at least the reporting of it) but not dating violence victimization.

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Dating Violence Victimization and Alcohol Problems: An Examination of the Stress-Buffering Hypothesis for Perceived Support

Partner Abuse ◽

10.1891/1946-6560.2.1.31 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 31-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Ryan C. Shorey ◽

Deborah L. Rhatigan ◽

Paula J. Fite ◽

Gregory L. Stuart

Keyword(s):

Violence Prevention ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Alcohol Problems ◽

Perceived Support ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Prevention Programming ◽

Stress Buffering ◽

Violence Victimization ◽

Buffering Hypothesis ◽

The Relationship

Recent evidence suggests that victims of dating violence consume alcohol at greater rates than their nonvictimized peers, placing them at risk for the negative consequences produced by alcohol use. Thus, research that examines factors that protect victims from consuming alcohol is needed. Toward this end, the present study sought to examine whether perceived support served as a stress-buffering (moderating) variable on the relationship between dating violence victimization and alcohol problems among a sample of currently dating college students (N = 440). Partial support was found for the stress-buffering effect of perceived support, but this varied depending on the type of victimization examined. Implications of these findings for victim interventions and dating violence prevention programming are discussed.

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Dating Violence Victimization And African-American Adolescent Females' Sexual Health

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e322352004-208 ◽

2002 ◽

Author(s):

Gina M. Wingood ◽

Donna Hubbard McCree ◽

Ralph J. DiCtemente ◽

Kathy Harrington ◽

Susan L. Davies

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Adolescent Females ◽

African American Adolescent ◽

Violence Victimization ◽

African American Adolescent Females

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School and community characteristics related to dating violence victimization among high school youth.

Psychology of Violence ◽

10.1037/vio0000065 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 203-212 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Katie M. Edwards ◽

Angela M. Neal

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Community Characteristics ◽

Violence Victimization ◽

School And Community ◽

School Youth

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ENHANCERS OF LIVER REGENERATION IN ONCOLOGICAL SURGERY

British Journal of Surgery ◽

10.1093/bjs/znab160.010 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 108 (Supplement_3) ◽

Author(s):

M Osorio Capitan ◽

S Rose ◽

I Novo Sukia ◽

B Herrero de la Parte ◽

I Ruiz Montesinos ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Folic Acid ◽

Liver Function ◽

Liver Regeneration ◽

Control Group ◽

Depressant Effect ◽

Oncological Surgery ◽

Portal Branch ◽

Treatment Control ◽

Early Application ◽

Mean Size

Abstract INTRODUCTION Chemotherapy hinders liver function and probably its regenerating capacity, forcing to delay it after surgery. Our objective has been to verify this effect in an experimental model and to see if a hepatotrophic agent can prevent it. MATERIAL AND METHODS Four groups of 6 WAG/RijHsd rats (males, 3-4 months) were submitted to ligation of the portal branch to the left lateral and left paramedian lobes. They were sacrificed 36 h later to quantify the percentage of liver corresponding to the ligated lobes (weight), the number of hepatocyte’s nuclei (nº/100 µm2) and their mean size (µm2). One group received no treatment (control); another folic acid (2.5 mg/kg ip, during surgery); other 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU 50 mg/kg ip 48 h before); and the fourth received folic&5-FU. RESULTS The animals treated with folic acid showed a greater number of hepatocyte’s nuclei (24.4 ± 2.77 vs 15.2 ± 1.51) and their mean size was also greater (121 ± 2.34 vs 111 ± 1.8). However, the reduction in weight of the ligated parenchyma was less than in control group (33.4 ± 1.08 vs 29.5 ± 1.08). 5-FU did not modify the number of nuclei (15.6 ± 18.4), although they were smaller in size (104 ± 1.7). The addition of folic acid to 5-FU increased the number of nuclei (21.7 ± 2.8) and normalized their size (111 ± 3.2). CONCLUSIONS 5-FU exerts a depressant effect on livers regeneration, and folic acid overcomes it. Thus, folic acid could allow early application of chemotherapy without affecting liver regeneration.

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Mediating the Strain-Bullying Perpetration Relationship with Impulsivity and Social Learning: Later Sexual Harassment and Teen Dating Violence among Midwestern Middle School Students

Journal of School Violence ◽

10.1080/15388220.2021.1899935 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-22

Author(s):

Sujung Cho

Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Social Learning ◽

Middle School Students ◽

Sexual Harassment ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Teen Dating Violence ◽

School Students ◽

Bullying Perpetration ◽

Teen Dating

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Trajectories of Dating Violence Victimization and Perpetration among Rural Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence ◽

10.1007/s10964-019-01132-w ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 48 (12) ◽

pp. 2360-2376 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Natallia Sianko ◽

Deborah Kunkel ◽

Martie P. Thompson ◽

Mark A. Small ◽

James R. McDonell

Keyword(s):

Dating Violence ◽

Rural Adolescents ◽

Violence Victimization

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Associations of Relationship Experiences, Dating Violence, Sexual Harassment, and Assault With Alcohol Use Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/08862605211001469 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052110014

Author(s):

W. J. Kiekens ◽

L. Baams ◽

J. N. Fish ◽

R. J. Watson

Keyword(s):

Sexual Assault ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Sexual Harassment ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Heavy Episodic Drinking ◽

Gender Minority ◽

Minority Adolescents ◽

Relationship Experiences ◽

Sexual And Gender Minority ◽

And Gender

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescents report higher rates of dating violence victimization compared with their heterosexual and cisgender peers. Research on dating violence often neglects diversity in sexual and gender identities and is limited to experiences in relationships. Further, given that dating violence and alcohol use are comorbid, research on experiences of dating violence could provide insights into alcohol use disparities among SGM adolescents. We aimed to map patterns of relationship experiences, sexual and physical dating violence, and sexual and physical assault and explored differences in these experiences among SGM adolescents. Further, we examined how these patterns explained alcohol use. We used a U.S. non-probability national web-based survey administered to 13–17-year-old SGM adolescents ( N = 12,534). Using latent class analyses, four patterns were identified: low relationship experience, dating violence and harassment and assault (72.0%), intermediate dating experiences, sexual harassment, and assault and low levels of dating violence (13.1%), high dating experiences, dating violence, and sexual assault (8.6%), and high dating experiences, dating violence, and sexual harassment and assault (6.3%). Compared to lesbian and gay adolescents, bisexual adolescents reported more experiences with dating, dating violence, and sexual assault, whereas heterosexual adolescents reported fewer experiences with dating, dating violence, and sexual harassment and assault. Compared to cisgender boys, cisgender girls, transgender boys, and non-binary/assigned male at birth adolescents were more likely to experience dating violence inside and outside of relationship contexts. Experiences of dating, dating violence, and sexual harassment and assault were associated with both drinking frequency and heavy episodic drinking. Together, the findings emphasize the relevance of relationship experiences when studying dating violence and how dating violence and sexual harassment and assault might explain disparities in alcohol use.

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Shared Risk Factors for the Perpetration of Physical Dating Violence, Bullying, and Sexual Harassment Among Adolescents Exposed to Domestic Violence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence ◽

10.1007/s10964-015-0404-z ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 672-686 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Vangie A. Foshee ◽

H. Luz McNaughton Reyes ◽

May S. Chen ◽

Susan T. Ennett ◽

Kathleen C. Basile ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Domestic Violence ◽

Sexual Harassment ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Physical Dating Violence ◽

Shared Risk

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Protective effects of histamine on Gq-mediated relaxation in regenerated endothelium

AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology ◽

10.1152/ajpheart.00733.2013 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 306 (2) ◽

pp. H286-H290 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Calvin K. Chan ◽

Song Yan Liao ◽

Yue Lin Zhang ◽

Aimin Xu ◽

Hung Fat Tse ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Area Under The Curve ◽

Treated Group ◽

Control Group ◽

Protective Effects ◽

Treatment Control ◽

Porcine Coronary Artery ◽

Endogenous Histamine ◽

Coronary Endothelium ◽

Treatment Control Group

In the porcine coronary artery, regenerated endothelium is dysfunctional as regards the responses to endothelium-dependent agonists. The current study aimed to determine the possible involvement of histamine in such dysfunction. Pigs were treated chronically with pyrilamine (H1 receptor inhibitor, 2 mg·kg−1·day−1) with part of their coronary endothelium and allowed to regenerate for 28 days after balloon denudation. The results showed a reduction in relaxation to bradykinin (Gq protein dependent) only in the pyrilamine-treated group (area under the curve, 269.7 ± 13.4 vs. 142.0 ± 31.0, native endothelium vs. regenerated endothelium) but not in the control group (253.0 ± 22.1 vs. 231.9 ± 29.5, native endothelium vs. regenerated endothelium). The differences in the relaxation to serotonin (Gi protein dependent) between native and regenerated endothelium were not affected by the pyrilamine treatment (control group, 106.3 ± 17.0 vs. 55.61 ± 12.7; and pyrilamine group, 106.0 ± 8.20 vs. 49.30 ± 6.31, native endothelium vs. regenerated endothelium). These findings indicate that during regeneration of the endothelium, the activation of H1 receptors by endogenous histamine may be required to maintain the endothelium-dependent Gq protein-mediated relaxation to bradykinin, suggesting a beneficial role of the monoamine in the process of endothelial regeneration.

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