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A Game-based Intervention – a technical tool for social workers to combat Adolescent Dating-Violence

Sorbring, Emma ; Bolin, Anette ; Ryding, Jennie (Advances in Social Work, 2015)

Dating violence prevalence is increasing and effective prevention and intervention methods are needed in order to address this growing social problem. The use of on-line game-based intervention programmes open up new ...

Garden of truth: The prostitution and trafficking of native women in Minnesota

Farley, M. & Matthews, N., et al (Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition & Prostitution Research & Education, 2011)

Gender (in) differences in prevalence and incidence of traumatic experiences among orphaned and separated children living in five low- and middle-income countries

Gray, C. L., Pence, B. W., Ostermann, J., Whetten, R. A., O'Donnell, K., Thielman, N. M., & Whetten, K. (Global Mental Health, 2015)

Background: Approximately 153 million children worldwide are orphaned and vulnerable to potentially traumatic events (PTEs). Gender differences in PTEs in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) are not well-understood, ...

Gender and age differences in prevalence and incidence of child sexual abuse in Croatia

Ajduković, M., Sušac, N., & Rajter, M. (Croatian Medical Journal, 2013)

Aim To examine age and gender differences in the prevalence and incidence of child sexual abuse, the level of acquaintance of the child and the perpetrator, and correlations between experiencing family violence and ...

Gender and child maltreatment: The evidence base.

May-Chahal, C. (Social Work & Society, 2006)

The scientific approach to the study of ‘child abuse’ has continued both in parallel and largely separate from gendered analyses of the problem. It is as if the politics of a gender based approach is not the proper ...

Gender Differences in Homicide of Neonates, Infants, and Children under 5 y in South Africa: Results from the Cross-Sectional 2009 National Child Homicide Study

Abrahams, N., Mathews, S., Martin, L. J., Lombard, C., Nannan, N., & Jewkes, R. (PLoS Med, 2016)

Background: Homicide of children is a global problem. The under-5-y age group is the second largest homicide age group after 15–19 y olds, but has received little research attention. Understanding age and gender patterns ...

Gender Differences in Recidivism Rates for Juvenile Justice Youth: The Impact of Sexual Abuse

Conrad, S. M., Tolou-Shams, M., Rizzo, C. J., Placella, N., & Brown, L. K. (Law and Human Behavior, 2014)

Young female offenders represent a growing number of young offenders. Studies have shown that youth in the juvenile justice system, particularly young females, report higher rates of lifetime sexual abuse than their ...

Gender Differences in Risk and Promotive Classifications Associated With Adolescent Delinquency

Whitney, S. D., Renner, L. M., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (The Journal of genetic psychology, 2010)

How likely are children exposed to multiple risk factors to engage in delinquent behavior, to what extent do promotive factors mitigate exposure to these risk factors, and do the predictors of delinquent behavior differ ...

Gender Differences in Symptom Presentation of Sexually Abused African American Children Ages 8 through 12

Wismar, Tania Czarnecki (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2010)

A well-documented connection exists between child sexual abuse and psychological symptoms that may persist into adulthood. Because of the significant public health implications of child sexual abuse, it is critical to ...

Gender differences in the association between adverse childhood experiences and cancer

Alcala, Hector E. ; Tomiyama, A. Janet ; von Ehrenstein, Ondine S. (Women's Health Issues, 2017)

Objectives: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been linked to a variety of diseases in adulthood, including cancer. However, current research has yet to determine if all abuse types are associated with cancer and ...

Gender differences in the association between childhood sexual abuse and risky sexual behaviours: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Abajobir, A. A., Kisely, S., Maravilla, J. C., Williams, G., & Najman, J. M. (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2017)

This meta-analytic review examines the association between childhood sexual abuse and risky sexual behaviours with sub-group analyses by gender. Systematic searches of electronic databases including MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, ...

Gender Differences in the Context and Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse

Cashmore, J., & Shackel, R. (Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2014)

Child sexual abuse, and particularly the abuse of boys, is now the focus of significant research and attention - especially in light of various inquiries, as many victim-survivors come forward years after their abuse to ...

Gender Differences in the Impact of Abuse and Neglect Victimization on Adolescent Offending Behavior

Asscher, J. J., Van der Put, C. E., & Stams, G. J. J. M. (Journal of Family Violence, 2015)

The present study examines gender differences in the association between abuse and neglect during childhood, and sexual and violent offending in juvenile delinquents. Female juvenile delinquents were more frequently victim ...

Gender Differences in the Physical and Psychological Manifestation of Childhood Trauma and/or Adversity in People with Psychosis

Sweeney, S., Air, T., Zannettino, L., & Galletly, C. (Frontiers in Psychology, 2015)

The link between childhood trauma and/or adversity and risk of psychosis is well known. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of childhood trauma and/or adversity in people who have psychotic disorders and to investigate ...

Gender moderates the relationship between childhood abuse and internalizing and substance use disorders later in life: A cross-sectional analysis

Meng, X., & D’Arcy, C. (BMC Psychiatry, 2016)

Although some studies examined the moderating role of gender in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and mental disorders later in life, a number of them examined the effects of only one or two types of ...

Gender Role Attitudes and Male Adolescent Dating Violence Perpetration: Normative Beliefs as Moderators

Reyes, H. Luz McNaughton ; Foshee, Vangie A. ; Niolon, Phyllis. Holditch ; Reidy, Dennis E. ; Hall, Jeffrey E. (Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2015)

Commonly used dating violence prevention programs assume that promotion of more egalitarian gender role attitudes will prevent dating violence perpetration. Empirical research examining this assumption, however, is limited ...

Gender specific association of child abuse and adult cardiovascular disease in a sample of patients with Basal Cell Carcinoma

Hosang, G. M., Johnson, S. L., Kiecolt-Glaser, J., Di Gregorio, M. P., Lambert, D. R., Bechtel, M. A., ... & Glaser, R. (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2013)

Objective: The aim of this study is to examine whether child abuse or neglect is more strongly associated with adult cardiovascular disease, and whether these associations differ by gender. Methods: A total of 116 participants ...

Gender-Typed and Gender-Segregated Play Among Tanzanian Hadza and Congolese BaYaka Hunter-Gatherer Children and Adolescents

Lew‐Levy, S., Boyette, A. H., Crittenden, A. N., Hewlett, B. S., & Lamb, M. E. (Child Development, 2020)

Few data exist on gender-typed and gender-segregated play in hunter-gatherer societies, despite their unique demographic and cultural features which may influence children’s gendered play. Using naturalistic observations ...

Gendered Attributions of Blame and Failure to Protect in Child Welfare Responses to Sexual Abuse: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis

Azzopardi, C. (Violence against women, 2022)

Gender-based relations of power and attributions of blame for child sexual abuse have been longstanding in child welfare policy and practice. Nonoffending mothers continue to be ascribed responsibility through the ideologically ...

General and emotion-specific alterations to cognitive control in women with a history of childhood abuse

Seghete, Kristen L. Mackiewicz ; Kaiser, Roselind H. ; DePrince, Anne P. ; Banich, Marie T. (Neuroimage: Clinical, 2017)

Background: Although limited, the literature suggests alterations in activation of cognitive control regions in adults and adolescents with a history of childhood abuse. The current study examined whether such alterations ...

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