A call for sexual and relationship violence bystander intervention approaches for adults who work with youth
For decades, bystander interventions designed to prevent sexual and relationship violence (SRV) have focused almost exclusively on training youth and young adults to proactively take action to interrupt violence among their peers. These programs, which originally focused on college students and have...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025
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Journal of family violence
Year: 2025, Volume: 40, Issue: 7, Pages: 1445-1452 |
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| Summary: | For decades, bystander interventions designed to prevent sexual and relationship violence (SRV) have focused almost exclusively on training youth and young adults to proactively take action to interrupt violence among their peers. These programs, which originally focused on college students and have trickled down to younger groups, are among the most promising approaches to SRV prevention. Encouraging innovations in SRV bystander interventions include engaging younger audiences, centering minoritized populations in such efforts, and diversifying the ways in which bystander training is implemented. In this commentary, we describe the need for more emphasis on designing SRV bystander interventions that target early adolescence and involve influential adults who work and volunteer with youth. To support such innovation, we first describe the great potential to learn from theory and research that underscore the importance of engaging youth-serving adults, such as educators, in SRV prevention efforts that seek to reduce violence by increasing positive bystander actions. We then describe a novel program called Teacher Talk, which provides an example of how to reach youth-serving adults with tailored bystander intervention training. Grounded in theory and existing literature as well as our own SRV prevention research and practice experience, we end with a call to action for SRV prevention scholars and practitioners, offering ideas that are intended to help spark discussion and bystander intervention innovation. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 1450-1452 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2851 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10896-025-00948-4 |
