Citation

Krajewski SS, Rybarik MF, Dosch MF, Gilmore GD. J. Fam. Violence 1996; 11(2): 93-112.

Affiliation

Women's Studies Department, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 1725 State Street, 54601 La Crosse, Wisconsin; Lutheran Hospital-La Crosse, 1910 South Avenue, 54601 La Crosse, Wisconsin; Health Education Department, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 54601

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF02336664

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This research measured the effects of a violence prevention curriculum on the knowledge and attitudes of seventh grade health education students (N=239) about woman abuse using a valid and reliable inventory. Pretests, post-tests, and post-post-tests were administered to experimental and comparison groups. The experimental group received the curriculum intervention,Skills for Violence-Free Relationships. Significant differences were found between the experimental and comparison groups from pretest to post-test on both the knowledge (p=.0027) and attitude (p=.0089) sections of the inventory. This impact did not remain stable at post post-test. These results confirm those found in other studies and reinforce recommendations of the battered women's movement to integrate violence-free principles into school curricula. Within the experimental group, significant gender differences were found only on the attitude section from post-test to post post-test (p=.0335); females showed greater change over time. Such limited change was not unexpected in a middle school population given the reported formative nature of the subjects' gender acquisition as contrasted with those at an older age.