Violence against women? What do the men have to say? A prevention project aimed at adolescents in the Milan territory on the theme of violence against women

TitleViolence against women? What do the men have to say? A prevention project aimed at adolescents in the Milan territory on the theme of violence against women
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsPicco C, Caravà C, Ferrario M
JournalInterdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies
Volume17
Issue1
Pagination63-78
Date Published06/2012
PublisherPadova University Press
Place PublishedPadova, IT
ISSN Number2282-2011
Keywordsaction research, adolescence, Prevention, social representation, violence against women
Abstract

This article presents the results of a series of interventions carried out on 420 high school students (245 males and 175 females) between 14 and 19 years old in the neighbourhood of Milan during the school year 2010/11. The main goal of the research is to prevent violence against women among students. Particular attention was paid to symbolic and psychological violence and its representation. The research aims to better understand which aspects -among the central and peripheral nucleus- have to be explored in order to induce a change in the behaviour of students. The research applied the Life Skill Training Method (Marmocchi, Dall’Aglio, Zannini, 2004).

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