@article{ref1,
title="Results of a curriculum intervention with seventh graders regarding violence in relationships",
journal="Journal of family violence",
year="1996",
author="Krajewski, Sandra S. and Rybarik, Mary Fran and Dosch, Margaret F. and Gilmore, Gary D.",
volume="11",
number="2",
pages="93-112",
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.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0885-7482",
doi="10.1007/BF02336664",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02336664"
}