El Abani, Suaad Pourmehdi, Mansour
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Domestic violence against women (DVAW) is a worldwide phenomenon and refers to any act committed against women that results in physical and psychological harm, and coercion, loss of liberty, and deprivation. There is a dearth of research and information about the extent and prevalence of domestic violence among Libyan communities. The aim of the st...
Ray, Colleen M Tyler, Kimberly A Gordon Simons, Leslie
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Although college students are at high risk for sexual victimization, the majority of research has focused on heterosexual students and often does not differentiate by victimization type. Thus, little is known about prevalence rates and risk factors for sexual victimization among sexual minority college students and whether the interaction between g...
Mastekaasa, Arne Dale-Olsen, Harald Hellevik, Tale Løset, Gøril K Østbakken, Kjersti M
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Scandinavian journal of public health
Aims: Women have much higher rates of sickness absence than men, but the causes of the difference are not well understood. This study examines whether managers have more lenient attitudes towards women's than towards men's absence, as this might contribute to higher rates of sickness absence among women. Differences between managers and other emplo...
Watkins, Laura E Laws, Holly B
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms have been repeatedly linked to intimate partner aggression (IPA), and previous research has suggested that this association may be stronger among veterans and men. However, few studies have examined veteran status and gender as moderators of the association between PTSD and psychological IPA, taking bot...
Worthen, Meredith G F Wallace, Samantha A
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Journal of interpersonal violence
This study critically examines sexual assault survivors' (people with histories of sexual assault) and those who know survivors' (those who know and/or who are close to people with histories of sexual assault) responses to a mandatory online campus sexual assault education program using both quantitative survey data (N = 1,899) and qualitative narr...
McKinney, Cliff Stearns, Melanie Szkody, Erica
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Journal of interpersonal violence
The current study examined the indirect effect of maternal and paternal emotional and physical maltreatment on affective and behavioral symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) through parent-child relationship quality; gender and overall ODD symptoms were examined as moderators. Participants included 2,362 emerging adults who completed ques...
Borrelli, Maria Frings, Andreas Geerling, Gerd Finis, David
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Current eye research
Dry eye disease (DED) is a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface characterized by loss of homeostasis of the tear film. Epidemiological studies suggest it occurs more frequently in women than men. The aim of this retrospective analysis was to determine whether patients with DED show gender-specific differences in symptoms and signs. A retros...
Ahmed Mohamed, Amal Salah Ahmed, Eman Mohamed Farag, Youssef M K Bedair, Nermeen Ibrahim Nassar, Nourelhuda Ahmed Ghanem, Ayat Ibrahim Mohamed
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The Journal of dermatological treatment
Vitamin D is a regulatory factor for immunity and skin barrier functions. It is hypothesized to be linked to atopic dermatitis (AD) which is characterized by interaction between epidermal barrier dysfunction and dysregulation of skin immune functions. One hundred AD patients and one hundred and one normal controls were collected from outpatient cli...
Hanniball, Katherine B Hohn, Richard E Fuller, Erin K Douglas, Kevin S
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Assessment
The Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP) is a recently developed conceptual model of psychopathy designed to index the disorder across 33 personality traits. Although recent research has evidenced support for the CAPP model with respect to the convergent, criterion, and predictive validity of CAPP instruments, little work has...
Atieno, Mary Mai, Tu Douxchamps, Sabine Peters, Michael Duncan, Alan J.
Livestock production is the second main livelihood source for farmers in the North-West highlands of Vietnam. Animal nutrition is a key factor in livestock production and, often times, challenges related to feed are widespread leading to low livestock productivity. Identifying context-specific feed issues and how gender influences feed practices pr...
