Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Lippy, Caroline Author's Email Address clippy1@student.gsu.edu URN etd-11202008-084211 Title VIOLENCE OUTSIDE TO VIOLENCE WITHIN: THE EXPERIENCE OF SEXUAL MINORITIES IN SCHOOLS AND INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS Degree Master of Arts Department Psychology Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr. Julia Perilla Committee Chair Dr. Gabriel Kuperminc Committee Member Dr. Roger Bakeman Committee Member Keywords
- Sexual minority
- Intimate partner violence
- Sexual orientation violence
- School environment
- Alcohol
Date of Defense 2008-09-05 Availability unrestricted Abstract The current study explored the association between sexual minorities’ experiences in schools and relationships. Socio-political-psychological theory provided a framework for the exploration of how retrospective reports of sexual orientation violence in school (SOVS) and school environment predicted the experience and perpetration of sexual minority intimate partner violence (SMIPV). Because of its relation to both school and interpersonal violence, alcohol was also hypothesized to predict rates of experiencing and perpetrating SMIPV. Group differences for all scales were explored on the basis of sexual orientation, gender, race/ethnicity, and education. Chi-square and analysis of variance analyses revealed several significant differences. Logistic regressions revealed that the experience of SOVS was not found to significantly affect the risk of experiencing or perpetrating SMIPV. However, a negative school environment was found to affect the risk of experiencing and perpetrating SMIPV differentially by gender and race, respectively. Results also revealed that alcohol significantly predicted the perpetration of SMIPV.Files
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