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For the Dating Violence Test, treatment group scores increased from 9.5 to 10.3, while scores for the no-treatment group increased at a slower rate from 9.7 to 10.2, indicating that the treatment group gained factual knowledge regarding dating violence at a greater rate than the no treatment control group. |
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| Resources and Help Seeking |
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For the Resources and Help Seeking Questionnaire, scores for the intervention group increased from 15.4 to 16.1, while the no-treatment group scores decreased (16.7 to 16.2), indicating that the treatment group increased their willingness to seek help regarding an abusive relationship following the intervention. |
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| Violence Supportive Attitudes |
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On the Violence Supportive Attitudes Questionnaire the treatment group scores increased (40.2 to 41.9), while the no-treatment group scores decreased slightly (41.3 to 41.2), indicating that students in the treatment groups reported more positive attitudes following the intervention. |
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| Positive Conflict Behavior |
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On the Positive Conflict Behavior scale, both treatment and control groups reported a decrease in the use of positive conflict behaviors. |
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| Negative Conflict Behavior |
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On the Negative Conflict Behavior scale, the treatment group displayed a decrease in negative conflict behaviors, while the no-treatment group scores decreased only slightly. However, these differences were not statistically significant. |
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| Relationship Skills Questionnaire |
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On the Relationship Skills Questionnaire, treatment group scores increased (37.2 to 37.8) while the no-treatment group scores remained the same (37.4 to 37.3), but this difference was not statistically significant. |
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| Justification of Violence Scale |
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On the Justification of Violence scale, the treatment group was less willing to justify the use of violence after the intervention (30.3 to 28.9), while the no treatment group scores decreased at a lesser rate (30.8 to 30.5), but again, this difference was not statistically significant. |
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| Victimized in last 3 months? |
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Following the intervention, students in the treatment groups were more likely to report victimization than the no-treatment control group, but this difference was not statistically significant. |
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| Abused your partner in last 3 months? |
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At post-test, both groups reported less perpetration of abuse, but the intervention students' abusive behaviors decreased at a slightly greater rate. |