Rape Prevention Through Bystander Education at a Northeastern State University, 2002-2004
Description
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness
of a rape prevention program that used a community of responsibility
model to teach women and men how to intervene safely and effectively
in cases of sexual violence before, during, and after incidents with
strangers, acquaintances, or friends. Instead of focusing on women as
potential victims and men as potential perpetrators, the program was
different from other prevention programs in that it approached both
women and men as potential bystanders or witnesses to behaviors
related to sexual violence. Three hundred and eighty-nine
undergraduate students were recruited to participant in the study in
the spring (first wave) and fall (second wave) semesters of 2003 at a
northeastern state university in the United States. Participants were
randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups or a control
group. All first-wave participants filled out pretest questionnaires
(Part 1), post-test questionnaires (Part 2), and questionnaires two
(Part 3) and twelve (Part 4) months following the first post test.
Those in the first wave experimental conditions participated in the
one-session or three-session training program prior to filling out the
post-test questionnaire, and they participated in a booster session
before filling out the questionnaire at the two-month mark.
Second-wave participants experienced similar treatments through the
two-month follow-up questionnaire. After that, they received a
four-month follow-up questionnaire (Part 5) at the same time that the
first-wave participants did their twelve-month follow-up
questionnaire. Numerous demographic variables are included in the
study, along with variables from 15 different scales, a knowledge
questionnaire, responses to vignettes, and respondents' own
experiences with sexual violence.
Resources
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ICPSR04367.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04367.v1 |
Tags
- crime-prevention
- reactions-to-crime
- sexual-assault
- violence-against-women
- rape