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Tyler, Kimberly A.; Melander, Lisa A. – Youth & Society, 2015
Although previous research documents high rates of child abuse, street victimization, and substance use among homeless youth, few studies have investigated these three constructs simultaneously, and thus little is known about how various forms of victimization are uniquely associated with substance use among this population. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Victims, Substance Abuse, Young Adults
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Drinkard, Allyson M. – Youth & Society, 2017
Prosociality, conceptualized as a willingness to help, to be fair, and to be friendly to others, is essential to the maintenance of a civil society and has been linked with multiple measures of individual well-being. This study examines how individual, family, and neighborhood factors affect adolescents' level of prosociality and tests for…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Adolescents, Prosocial Behavior, Family Influence
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DelPriore, Danielle J.; Schlomer, Gabriel L.; Ellis, Bruce J. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Girls who receive higher quality fathering engage in less risky sexual behavior (RSB) than their peers. Previous research identifies higher levels of parental monitoring/knowledge and reduced affiliation with deviant peers as potential mediators of this observed fathering effect. Although paternal investment theory posits a causal effect of…
Descriptors: Females, Fathers, Parenting Styles, Daughters
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Hamel, John; Ferreira, Regardt J.; Buttell, Fred – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of gender and other variables commonly associated with intimate partner abuse perpetration on program completion and pretreatment abusiveness profiles among a sample of men and women ordered into a 52-week batterer intervention program (BIP). Method: The study employed a…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Social Work, Regression (Statistics), Profiles
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Ferreira, Regardt J.; Lauve-Moon, Katie; Cannon, Clare – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: The purpose of the study was to investigate the differences between intimate partner violence (IPV) and parenting attitudes by race by comparing demographic, parenting, and IPV indicators for African American and White men. Method: The study employed a nonequivalent, control group design in a secondary analysis of 111 men. Results:…
Descriptors: African Americans, Whites, Males, Family Violence
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Adams, Adrienne E.; Greeson, Megan R.; Kennedy, Angie C.; Tolman, Richard M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2013
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious, widespread problem that negatively affects women's lives, including their economic status. The current study explored whether the financial harm associated with IPV begins as early as adolescence. With longitudinal data from a sample of 498 women currently or formerly receiving welfare, we used latent…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Intimacy, Females, Educational Attainment
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Franklin, Cortney A.; Brady, Patrick Q.; Jurek, Alicia L. – Journal of School Violence, 2017
Bystander intervention has been an effective strategy for crime prevention and has been successful in the context of campus sexual assault. Less is known about the extent to which individual-level factors correlate with intervention behavior in situations of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual harassment. The present study used a sample of…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Violence, Victims, Sexual Harassment