Creating attitudinal change through teaching: How a course on "women and violence" changes students' attitudes about violence against women

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1735-1754

  Currier, Danielle M ^a   Carlson, Jessica H ^b  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Education; Rape myths; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RAPE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RAPE; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349445345     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509335239     Document Type: Article

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