Results of Dating Violence Prevention Education for Japanese High School Boys

Suga, Tomoko

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“…Likewise, a Japanese prevention program targeting high school students was effective for instilling awareness of DV [16]. Such programs is also promote understanding of relationships [17]. A 2011 US study reported that 9.4% of 12-year old boys and 9.2% of 12-year old girls had already experienced physical violence from a dating partner [18].…”

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An Analysis of Surveys on Domestic Violence by Japan’s Cabinet Office (1999-2017)

Suga¹

2018

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As a secondary source, we used the data on the Cabinet Offices website. In 2001, the first DV law, the Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence was passed, after which the Japanese public began to recognize DV. Based on the question item on "domestic violence from a spouse" the data of the Cabinet Office's survey from 2005 to 2017 indicated that on average, just over 30% of women experienced DV, while just under 20% of men did. These figures have not changed much. The proportions of victims who use advisory services have increased with every survey due to political movements and Japanese policy. In 2017, the data showed that a little less than 58% of women and almost 27% of men used advisory services. The most recent survey conducted in 2017, showed that people who do not separate from their spouse experience DV. In terms of the reasons that they do not separate, "children" weighed high on the list.

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An Analysis of Surveys on Domestic Violence by Japan’s Cabinet Office (1999-2017)

Suga¹

2018

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“…In Japan, the effectiveness of implementing DV preventive education for high school boys against coercive acts was reported (Suga 2017). In the USA, five preventive education programs were identified: Safe Dates (Foshee et al 2005), the Fourth R (Wolfe et al 2009), Shifting Boundaries (Taylor et al 2010), Coaching Boys into Men (Miller et al 2010), and the Katie Brown Educational Program (Joppa et al 2015).…”

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The Effectiveness of a Domestic Violence Prevention Program in Japanese Agricultural University

Suga¹

2018

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In Japan, the Gender Equality Bureau, which is part of the Cabinet Office, conducted a survey in 2018 on the state of harm suffered by domestic violence (DV) victims regarding crimes perpetrated by a current or former spouse. In this survey, 31.3% of women and 19.9% of men experienced serious violence at the hands of a current or former at least once. In addition, 21.4% of women and 11.5% of men encountered serious violence from dating partners at least once. Although both men and women are subject to DV, the literature does not include studies on the effects of DV prevention education among Japanese university students. Thus, it is necessary to offer DV prevention classes to university students, irrespective of gender. The participants consisted of 353 Japanese university students majoring in agriculture. They took part in our DV prevention program, we examined its effects using a questionnaire, which we administered before, directly after, and six months following the class. In the preliminary questionnaire, 21.5% of university students had heard some story on DV damage from people close to them. On a positive note, 51.3% had taken a class on DV previously, and 10.9% had learned about DV from reading books. Following the class, the students became more aware of DV and retained their knowledge even after six months, as indicated by three statements out of the questionnaire's seven items: 3) Violence from a woman to a man is not DV, 6) Even someone close to you could suffer from DV, 7) DV perpetrators sometimes apologize after acting violent, but it is common for them to use violence again. The conclusion is that it is important to offer DV prevention classes at universities.

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“…The results revealed that preventive education can help students acquire the ability to recognize coercive behavior. This demonstrated the importance of providing male high school students with preventive education against dating violence [4]. Moreover, it has been reported that DV can have negative effects on children's brains even if they merely witness verbal violence between their parents [5] [6].…”

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The Effectiveness of Preventive Education against Dating Violence in Japanese Agricultural and Commercial High Schools

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2018

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This study provided a dating violence prevention education program to 116 students (56 boys, 60 girls) in a vocational high school in Japan who learned mainly agriculture and business and inspected the effect. We performed a program named "A Program for Mutual Respect: Learning about Domestic Violence in Order to Value Our Relationships," which was composed of nineteen lessons over 100 minutes to do the class. Before the class, 61.0% of the students expressed little knowledge about dating violence, after the taking class, 98.3% of the students reported that it was good to know about the knowledge of dating violence. We conducted a T-test both before and directly after the class session on "Content of Violence" and compared the scores. They included content about physical, mental, sexual, and economic violence. The knowledge about the various types of violence was more meaningful after the class than before class. Our results show that dating violence prevention education was shown to be effective for the vocational high school students.

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Results of Dating Violence Prevention Education for Japanese High School Boys

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

An Analysis of Surveys on Domestic Violence by Japan’s Cabinet Office (1999-2017)

An Analysis of Surveys on Domestic Violence by Japan’s Cabinet Office (1999-2017)

The Effectiveness of a Domestic Violence Prevention Program in Japanese Agricultural University

The Effectiveness of Preventive Education against Dating Violence in Japanese Agricultural and Commercial High Schools

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