Longer Term Impact of Bystander Training to Reduce Violence Acceptance and Sexism

Ann L. Coker, Heather M. Bush, Candace J. Brancato, Zhengyan Huang, Emily R. Clear, Diane R. Follingstad

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Abstract

Many bystander programs to prevent violence have been developed and evaluated in college populations. An exception is the randomized controlled trial of Green Dot, found effective in reducing violence rates and violence acceptance in 26 high-schools (2010–2014). In ‘Life’s Snapshot’, 10,727 seniors were recruited from these same schools with the goal of determining the longer-term efficacy of bystander training. Students in intervention schools could have up to three years of Green Dot exposure. Seniors from intervention versus control schools had significantly lower scores (p <.01) indicating less violence acceptance or sexism for two of five measures. Seniors’ self-reports of bystander training received confirmed these findings. These cross-sectional analyses suggest that some reductions in violence acceptance associated with bystander programming may be maintained into early adulthood.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)525-538
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of School Violence
Volume19
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2020

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Funding

This work was supported by the NIH/ National Institute of Child Health and Development (R01HD075783).

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentR01HD075783

    Keywords

    • Bystander intervention
    • high Schools
    • intimate partner violence acceptance
    • sex differences
    • sexual violence acceptance

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Education
    • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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