Preventing sexual violence among high school students through norms correction and bystander intervention: A school-based cluster trial of Your Voice Your View.

Autor: Orchowski LM; Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA., Malone S; Day One of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, USA., Sokolovsky AW; School of Public Health, Centers for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA., Pearlman DN; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA., Rizzo C; Department of Applied Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Zlotnick C; Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Women and Infants Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA., Berkowitz A; Independent Research and Practitioner, Mount Shasta, California, USA., Fortson BL; Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of community psychology [J Community Psychol] 2023 Sep; Vol. 51 (7), pp. 2861-2886. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 10.
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.23047
Abstrakt: Risk for sexual violence begins early in the lifespan; thus, interventions are needed to decrease the risk for sexual violence among high school youth. The current study evaluates the Your Voice Your View (YVYV) sexual violence prevention program using a school-based cluster trial among 26 high schools in the Northeastern United States. YVYV, includes: 1) a series of four classroom workshops designed to engage students as allies in violence prevention through bystander intervention skills training, address risks for sexual aggression, and reduce risk for victimization; 2) a Lunch and Learn teacher training workshop; and 3) a 4-week social norms poster campaign based on normative data from the school. Schools were matched based on size and demographics and randomly assigned to the intervention group or a wait-list control group. A sample of 2685 10th grade students enrolled in the research and completed assessments at baseline, 2-month and 6-month follow-up periods. The magnitude of the difference in sexual aggression did not vary by condition at either follow-up period. The magnitude of 6-month differences in experiencing unwanted sexual intercourse varied significantly by condition (IRR = 0.33 [0.14-0.76]), demonstrating a small protective effect favoring intervention schools (Cohen's f 2  = 0.012). These findings highlight the promise of multicomponent interventions grounded in bystander intervention skills training, risk reduction, and social norms theory as a promising, comprehensive approach for sexual violence prevention among youth.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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