Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

AIM: To explore workplace violence (WPV) amongst Latvian undergraduate nursing students during clinical placements. BACKGROUND: Workplace violence has profound consequences. Nursing students on placement are often victims of non-verbal and verbal abuse, physical or sexual violence, causing psychological problems, hind…

BACKGROUND: Delayed presentation after sexual assault reduces the probability of detecting injuries or recovering biological evidence. Evidence specific to anal-route allegations and physical findings is comparatively limited. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 222 consecutive cases alleging anal-route sexual assaul…

Kadına yönelik şiddet, toplumsal cinsiyet eşitsizliğinin bir sonucu olarak ortaya çıkan ve kadınların fiziksel, cinsel, psikolojik veya ekonomik açıdan zarar görmesine yol açan önemli bir halk sağlığı sorunudur. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü, bu olguyu kadının özel veya toplumsal yaşamında özgürlüğünü kısıtlayan ya da zarar ver…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of health-related concern in the relationship between human papillomavirus knowledge and behaviors for protection from sexually transmitted diseases among women of higher education. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 623 women. Data were coll…

Workplace violence (Type II), which is defined as verbal, physical and sexual assault behaviour directed at healthcare workers by patients and their relatives, is a complex concept arising from a variety of individual, social, economic, cultural and political factors. Despite differences in its definition, classificat…

Öz Bu araştırma, yiyecek-içecek sektöründe çalışan kadın aşçıların kraliçe arı sendromu algısını ve bu sendromu tetikleyen unsurları belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.Nitel araştırma yönteminin benimsendiği çalışmada, yiyecek-içecek işletmelerinin mutfak departmanlarında farklı pozisyonlarda (aşçı, kısım şefi, şef vb.)…

Bu araştırma, yiyecek-içecek sektöründe çalışan kadın aşçıların kraliçe arı sendromu algısını ve bu sendromu tetikleyen unsurları belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Nitel araştırma yönteminin benimsendiği çalışmada, yiyecek-içecek işletmelerinin mutfak departmanlarında farklı pozisyonlarda (aşçı, kısım şefi, şef vb.) gö…

BACKGROUND: Dating violence is a significant public health concern with detrimental effects on the mental and physical health of young adults. Understanding its prevalence and related factors is key to prevention. OBJECTIVES: To assess university students' experiences, attitudes, and behaviors regarding dating violenc…

Psychological intimate partner violence (IPV) affects individuals across diverse sexual identities and is often reinforced by romantic myths. Despite its substantial mental health consequences, psychological IPV remains under-recognized and insufficiently researched. One barrier is the scarcity of brief, inclusive, an…

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Objective: Femicide is increasingly recognized as a serious public health issue affecting both developed and developing countries. Accurately identifying the frequency and characteristics of femicide cases in Turkey is challenging. Consequently, studies in the literature are often limited in scope and sample size. Thi…

This study aims to examine societal expectations regarding the emotional responses of crime victims and to reveal the cultural and gender-based patterns of the emotional victim effect (EVE) in the Turkish context. The EVE literature shows that victims are perceived as more credible when they display emotional expressi…