Validation of an Extended Violent Ideations Scale to Measure Both Non-Sexual and Sexual Violent Ideations (The VIS-X)

An unusual cause of suicidal ideations

While the differential for suicidal ideations is broad, it is known that pathologic brain issues are a cause. Here, a case is presented of a gentleman who had an unusual growth into his frontal lobe leading to the suicidal ideations. The fact that he is chronically immunosuppressed likely led to this unique situation.

Correlates of Support for Censorship of Sexual, Sexually Violent, and Violent Media

construction and validation of the translation teacher competency test and the scale of students’ perceptions of translation teachers

the major purpose of this study was to develop the translation teacher competency test (ttct) and examine its construct and predictive validity. the present study was conducted in two phases: a qualitative phase as well as a quantitative phase. in the first phase of the study, the author attempted to find out the major areas of competency required for an academic translation teacher. the second...

The Violent Character of Sexual-Eroticism in Cross-Cultural Comparison

Schneider (1996) found that sexual-erotic sentiments are devaluated by Americans youth, but not by Germans. This devaluation of sexual-erotic sentiments led to a merger of coercive-deviant and sexualerotic categories and made it harder for Americans to differentiate between emotions of violence and passion. Results are now set into a theoretical perspective. Ideal types of sexual emancipated an...

Men’s Likelihood of Sexual Aggression: The Influence of Alcohol, Sexual Arousal, and Violent Pornography

Previous research findings have indicated that both alcohol intoxication and violent pornography exposure may contribute to increased sexual aggression by men. This study used an experimental paradigm to examine the effects of a moderate alcohol dose, alcohol-related beliefs, and victim response on men’s self-reported likelihood of committing sexual aggression. A community sample of male social...