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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Male Victims"”.
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Psychosocial Responses by Adolescent Male Victims to Peer Bullying
… most schools throughout the nation. Peer-bullied victims report higher levels of depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety, and concerns regarding their safety in school. Reactions of victims to peer bullying have been extreme, as in the cases of the rampage school shooters. Primarily, current …
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The Effects of Domestic Violence: The Male Victims Perspective.
<p>Domestic violence from a male victim's perspective is something that is not discussed in society very much because information is very limited and incidents are often unreported. Research was done on this aspect of domestic violence to see how the types of abuse have had an impact on the victim …
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Intimate Partner Violence: Domestic Violence Service Providers' Perceptions of Male Victims
… there has been an increase in sensitivity to female victims of intimate partner violence, but the same has not been true for male victims. This may be attributed to the substantial influence the feminist perspective has had upon the development of the IPV resource system. Furthermore, certain …
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Male victims of intimate partner abuse: Experiences of disclosure and help-seeking
… on the mental health of primary and secondary victims. Despite empirical evidence that there are male victims and female offenders of intimate partner abuse, Australian researchers focus almost exclusively on the needs of female victims and male offenders. The overall aim of this study was to …
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Disclosure and perceptions of social support in male victims of child sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse of males is a serious issue that is largely hidden in the United States because many victims never disclose the abuse. The literature review highlights the prevalence and severity of child sexual abuse of males and the negative effects non-disclosure has on the psychological …
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Understanding the lived experiences of male victims of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the disclosure process.
… However, the voices and experiences of these victims remain significantly unrepresented both in the literature and the public domain. Disclosure of intimate partner violence (IPV) remain under-reported to the police and other personal and professional services aimed at male victims support and …
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Gender differences in bystanders’ intention to help towards female and male victims of domestic violence: a web-based online survey
… explore the attitudes towards domestic violence victims by looking at empathy, sexism and personality traits and the willingness to help domestic violence male and female victims. The project’s aim was to answer 4 main questions: Whether females experience higher empathy than males? Whether …
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Judgements Made Towards Male Victims of Sexual Assault: The Effect of Facial Masculinity, Sexual Orientation, Perpetrator Gender, and Respondent Gender
… of facial appearance on judgements made towards male victims of sexual assault. As masculinity appears to have strong implications in terms of how men are judged both in society and as victims, exploring whether this has an effect on blame attributions seems an appropriate step to initiate …
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A silent sin?: An investigation into the provision of community based non-governmental support services for male victims of sexual violence in South Africa
… by community based victim support services for male victims of sexual violence in South Africa. Given the scale of gender-based violence in South Africa it comes as no surprise that research and debates around sexual violence have predominately focused on women as victims and men as …
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Traditional Gender Roles: The Culture of Toxic Masculinity and the Effect on Male Rape Victims
… the media. However, the discussion about adult male victims has just begun. There has been little to no discussion about adult male victims and their experiences and it is important do research. Research needs to begin looking at new topics that have previously been ignored. Some of these topics …
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Attitudes towards rape as a function of the victim's gender and sexual orientation
It is well documented that female rape victims are blamed to some extent for their assault. However, there is a lack of research investigating attitudes towards other types of sexual assault, such as sexual assaults on adult males, or sexual assaults committed by women. This thesis aimed to extend …
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Women as Perpetrators: Male Rape
… 2011). A wealth of literature exists on female experiences of sexual violence; for decades feminist academics have researched the topic, portraying rape as an abuse of power used to dominate females in a society governed by patriarchy (DuToit, 2012). Research, campaigns, and activism has …
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Social Attitudes toward Men and Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… and personal trauma history on attitudes towards victims. Ninety-three male and 179 female students were administered the Bem Sex Role Inventory, the Trauma History Questionnaire, and a vignette measure of attitudes towards victims. Participants evaluated male victims significantly less favorably …
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A phenomenological enquiry into gay male domestic abuse victims’ experience of engaging with psychotherapy
… narratives around same-sex DA mean that victims are less likely to name their experience as DA, and less likely to seek professional support, such as psychotherapy. Gay men can face specific help-seeking challenges and there is a seeming absence of qualitative in-depth research into gay …
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An Investigation into the Needs of Men Experiencing Domestic Abuse and Current Service Provision (Wales)
… women. Knowledge, awareness and understanding of male victimisation is largely absent within policy and academic literature. The issue is gaining momentum and research is expanding. However, in-depth understanding from a male victim perspective remains underdeveloped. Moreover, no previous …
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Exploring sub-Saharan African immigrant males’ experiences of gender roles and IPV in the US: A critical qualitative inquiry
… investigates the perceptions and reactions of male immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to intimate partner violence (IPV) committed by female partners, as well as their help-seeking behavior in the US, with an emphasis on gender dynamics and relationship conflict. Male SSA immigrants …
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Social Reactions to Acquaintance Sexual Assault: Perceptions of Responsibility and Blame
… of perceived intoxication in the context of female and male victims of sexual assault. The use of qualitative methodology and the application of a feminist critique of attribution theory and its contemporary application to rape perception research have contributed to a better understanding of …
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Perceptions of male rape victims: Examining rape myth acceptance and victim blaming attitudes among a sample of college students
… women comprise the majority of sexual assault victims. Emerging research suggests that although men are less likely than women to be sexually victimized, a sizeable minority of men experience sexual assault in their lifetimes and a growing body of literature has begun to consider societal …
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