RT Article
T1 Effects of bystander sexual assault prevention programs on promoting intervention skills and combatting the bystander effect: a systematic review and meta-analysis
JF Journal of experimental criminology
VO 17
IS 3
SP 343
OP 367
A1 Kettrey, Heather Hensman
A2 Marx, Robert A.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1767896131
AB Bystander sexual assault prevention programs encourage individuals to intervene when witnessing incidents or warning signs of violence. According to a popular skill acquisition model, witnesses to sexual assault must demonstrate the following to intervene: (1) notice the event, (2) identify the situation as warranting intervention, (3) take responsibility for acting, and (4) know strategies for helping., This systematic review and meta-analysis examined effects of bystander programs on the aforementioned skills and actual intervention behavior among adolescents and college students., Robust variance estimation meta-analysis using a sample of 19 studies (N = 7920) revealed significant effects on identifying situations as warranting intervention and non-significant effects on noticing events, taking responsibility for acting, and knowing strategies for helping. Programs had a significant favorable effect on intervention behavior., Findings cast uncertainty around the proposed relationship between skills and intervention behavior. Future research should explore this relationship through causal modeling.
K1 Meta-analysis
K1 Bystander
K1 Prevention
K1 sexual assault
DO 10.1007/s11292-020-09417-y