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Wright, Caroline Vaile; Collinsworth, Linda L.; Fitzgerald, Louise F. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
Many trauma researchers have proposed cognitive schemas as a heuristic device to understand the elusive process of integrating traumatic events. We examined the schemas of a sample (N = 257) of female participants classified by exposure to sexual trauma, nonsexual trauma, and no trauma experience. Cognitive schema was assessed with the Traumatic…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Violence, Safety, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Alan Guttmacher Inst., New York, NY. – 1994
Although sexual activity is common among teenagers, it is not as widespread, and does not begin as early, as most adults believe. This report provides detailed data and analysis of sex among adolescents. Adolescent sexual activity is grouped in ten categories: (1) Rites of passage; (2) The context of adolescents' lives; (3) Sex among teenagers;…
Descriptors: Abortions, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents