Einarsen, Kari Nielsen, Morten Birkeland Hetland, Jørn Olsen, Olav Kjellevold Zahlquist, Lena Mikkelsen, Eva Gemzøe Koløen, Justine Einarsen, Ståle Valvatne
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Frontiers in Psychology
Background: Workplace bullying is an important and prevalent risk factors for health impairment, reduced workability and lowered efficiency among both targets and observers. Development and tests of effective organizational intervention strategies are therefore highly important. The present study describes the background, design, and protocol of a ...
Taylor, Elizabeth Banyard, Victoria Grych, John Hamby, Sherry
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Journal of interpersonal violence
It is often said that intimate partner violence (IPV) happens "behind closed doors"; however, research on IPV and other crimes suggests that witnesses are sometimes present. This suggests that bystanders may be in a position to help victims or potential victims of violence. Bystander behavior has been studied primarily in school settings, and conse...
Zelin, Alexandra I Walker, Ruth V Johnson, Dawn M
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Violence against women
While a negative relationship between rape myth acceptance (RMA) and bystander behavior is established, the specific myths associated with bystander behavior are not well understood. In Study 1, we presented 260 participants with vignettes manipulating clothing and alcohol intake of a woman victim to see how it affected intention to help. In Study ...
Hoxmeier, Jill C O'Connor, Julia McMahon, Sarah
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Violence against women
The White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault recommends bystander training as part of campus sexual assault prevention efforts. The current study sought to understand salient themes among students' qualitative responses for why they did not intervene in sexual assault risk situations. In 2014, undergraduate students ( N = 9,35...
Leone, Ruschelle M Parrott, Dominic J
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Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research
Bystander training programs aim to encourage third-party witnesses to intervene in high-risk sexual situations; however, these programs rarely focus on training bystanders to effectively intervene when intoxicated. This is not surprising due to the limited evidence on the proximal effects of alcohol on bystander intervention for sexual aggression. ...
Hoxmeier, Jill C Flay, Brian R Acock, Alan C
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Sexual assault is a major concern on the U.S. college campus. Engaging students as pro-social bystanders has become more common as a potentially effective mechanism for reducing the incidence of sexual assault and mitigating the harm of assaults that have already occurred. Understanding the influences of pro-social bystander behavior is imperative ...
Jouriles, Ernest N McDonald, Renee Rosenfield, David Levy, Nicole Sargent, Kelli Caiozzo, Christina Grych, John H
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Psychology of violence
The present research reports on two randomized controlled trials evaluating TakeCARE, a video bystander program designed to help prevent sexual violence on college campuses. In Study 1, students were recruited from psychology courses at two universities. In Study 2, first-year students were recruited from a required course at one university. In bot...
Kleinsasser, Anne Jouriles, Ernest N McDonald, Renee Rosenfield, David
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Psychology of violence
Because of its high prevalence and serious consequences for victims, sexual violence is a significant problem on college campuses. Sexual assault prevention programs based on the bystander intervention model have been shown to be effective; however, current programs are limited in terms of ease of distribution. To address this issue, we developed a...
Moynihan, Mary M Banyard, Victoria L Cares, Alison C Potter, Sharyn J Williams, Linda M Stapleton, Jane G
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Colleges and universities are high-risk settings for sexual and relationship violence. To address these problems, institutions of higher education have implemented prevention programs, many of which train students as potential bystanders who can step in to help diffuse risky situations, identify and challenge perpetrators, and assist victims. The i...
