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- Title
Bystander Prevention of Sexual and Dating Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of Online and In-Person Bystander Intervention Programs.
- Authors
Hines, Denise A.; Reed, Kathleen M. Palm
- Abstract
Rates of sexual violence (SV) and dating violence (DV) are high on college campuses; federal law mandates colleges provide SV/DV prevention programming to incoming students. Programs showing the strongest empirical support are bystander programs; however, their small group format makes it impractical to use them with large student bodies. In a pilot feasibility study, we compared in-person and e-intervention SV/DV bystander intervention programs and randomly assigned 562 students to one of the programs. Students completed measures of knowledge and attitudes at 3 points over 6 months. Both groups changed significantly in the expected direction on all measures, with no differences between groups in change over time. Results suggest that e-interventions may be a viable alternative to in-person SV/DV programs for meeting federal mandates.
- Subjects
DATING violence; SEX crime prevention; COLLEGE students; COMPARATIVE studies; EXPERIMENTAL design; INTERNET; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; PILOT projects; EVALUATION of human services programs; PREVENTION
- Publication
Partner Abuse, 2017, Vol 8, Issue 4, p331
- ISSN
1946-6560
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/1946-6560.8.4.331