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The purpose of this study was to evaluate previously victimized and nonvictimized women's responses to a sexual assault prevention program using a training-to-criterion approach. Responses measured included (a) whether participants already knew the information provided, (b) whether sexually revictimized experimental participants took longer to be trained to criterion than did nonrevictimized experimental participants, and (c) whether sexually revictimized control participants knew less information than did nonrevictimized control participants. Results indicated that sexually revictimized participants did not take longer to be trained to criterion on the program segments and did not know less material on Trial I of the prevention program than nonrevictimized participants did. In fact, participants who reported a single victimization experience took .significantly longer to be trained to criterion than did revictimized participants on a measure that assessed identification of risky dating behaviors. Implications of these results and .suggestions for future research in prevention programming with women are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the taxonomic adequacy of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th ed., DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) diagnostic category of pedophilia. This diagnosis, as well as the other sexual disorders, have been ignored in DSM field trials. There is no empirical information about the reliability or validity of this diagnosis. Moreover, because the vagueness of the diagnostic criteria, clinicians would need to make inferences that would likely lead to reliability problems in diagnosis. Further, the DSM diagnostic criteria include constructs that are not intersubjectively verifiable and for which there are no valid measures. This can also lead to lack of diagnostic reliability and accuracy. Most problematical however, there are aspects of the diagnostic criteria, most notably the presence of an "ego dystonic sexual attraction to children," that are incorrect exclusion criteria. Suggestions for improvement are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new model of the etiology of sexual harassment, the four-factor model, is presented and compared with several models of sexual harassment including the biological model, the organizational model, the sociocultural model, and the sex role spillover model. A number of risk factors associated with sexually harassing behavior are examined within the framework of the four-factor model of sexual harassment. These include characteristics of the work environment (e.g., sexist attitudes among co-workers, unprofessional work environment, skewed sex ratios in the workplace, knowledge of grievance procedures for sexual harassment incidents) as well as personal characteristics of the subject (e.g., physical attractiveness, job status, sex-role). Subjects were 266 university female faculty, staff, and students who completed the Sexual Experience Questionnaire to assess the experience of sexual harassment and a questionnaire designed to assess the risk factors stated above. Results indicated that the four-factor model is a better predictor of sexual harassment than the alternative models. The risk factors most strongly associated with sexual harassment were an unprofessional environment in the workplace, sexist atmosphere, and lack of knowledge about the organization's formal grievance procedures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A correction to the article "The moderating effect of 'Green' HRM on the association between proactive environmental management and financial performance in small firms" that was published in the 2015 issue is presented.