The effectiveness of a 6-week anxiety management course at a mental health day hospital was researched. The author was motivated to research these sessions due to her own observations of the clients' progress in the groups. There was also an increasing demand for anxiety management groups with many clients being referred by general practitioners. The subjects were 37 clients. The diagnosis of the clients varied but anxiety must have been identified as a problem. Four of the 6-week courses were run over a period of 10 months. The course was evaluated using three questionnaires: the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) Scale, the Spielberger Questionnaire (state and trait) and the Fear Questionnaire. The clients completed the questionnaires four times: pre-treatment, at the beginning and at the end of the course, and at 2 months post-treatment. A control group was used. The data collected from the questionnaires were analysed using paired t-tests. The results showed that the anxiety management course was effective, with a statistically significant reduction in symptoms by the end of the course. The control group did not show significant change. It was the HAD Scale that showed the statistically significant positive change. The state section of the Spielberger Questionnaire followed the same pattern as the HAD Scale and showed a reduction in symptoms, although it was not statistically significant. The results of the Fear Questionnaire suggested that the clients' phobias were not treated by the anxiety management course. A client satisfaction questionnaire was used and participants made positive comments about the value of the course.

Past research has indicated that there is a relationship between pornography consumption and sexually aggressive behavior. This study sought to expand an understanding of that relationship by examining measures of masculinity among a sample of undergraduate heterosexual males ( N = 152) along with pornography consumption variables to assess the predictive value that both pornography consumption and varying levels of masculinity have on sexual aggression. Linear regression analyses indicate that males who had higher scores on the Likelihood of Sexual Force (LSF) measure consumed pornography more often and were more likely to watch male-dominant pornography. In addition, males who had higher scores on LSF exhibited higher masculinity scores on two scales. Results are discussed in the context of the complexities of masculinity and pornography consumption and the implications for prevention programs on college campuses.

This article investigates the ways sexual violence experienced on college campuses in the United States is situated within the neoliberal university. Feminist theories are utilized to explore the relationship between sexual violence and neoliberal ideologies. The authors evaluate how neoliberal tenets imbedded in higher education have contributed to, and exacerbated, an environment where sexual victimization is common. An institutional level of analysis is utilized to examine the neoliberal influence on campus sexual violence and investigate the utility of the term everyday terrorism.

While research in recent years has investigated the influence of pornography consumption on sexually aggressive behavior, research on the relationship between pornography and experienced victimization is sparse. The current study sought to explore female sexual victimization and its relationship with pornography consumption and alcohol use at two universities ( N = 483). Binary logistic regression analyses indicate that both pornography and alcohol consumption were unique predictors of self-reported victimization for college females and that the combined effect of pornography and alcohol dramatically increases the odds of victimization. Results are discussed in the context of pornography’s impact on the minimization of sexually aggressive acts in real life and campus rape culture.

No abstract