Rape Prevention Through Bystander Education at a Northeastern State University, 2002-2004

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a rape prevention program that used a community of responsibility model to teach women and men how to intervene safely and effectively in cases of sexual violence before, during, and after incidents with strangers, acquaintances, or friends. Instead of focusing on women as potential victims and men as potential perpetrators, the program was different from other prevention programs in that it approached both women and men as potential bystanders or witnesses to behaviors related to sexual violence. Three hundred and eighty-nine undergraduate students were recruited to participant in the study in the spring (first wave) and fall (second wave) semesters of 2003 at a northeastern state university in the United States. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups or a control group. All first-wave participants filled out pretest questionnaires (Part 1), post-test questionnaires (Part 2), and questionnaires two (Part 3) and twelve (Part 4) months following the first post test. Those in the first wave experimental conditions participated in the one-session or three-session training program prior to filling out the post-test questionnaire, and they participated in a booster session before filling out the questionnaire at the two-month mark. Second-wave participants experienced similar treatments through the two-month follow-up questionnaire. After that, they received a four-month follow-up questionnaire (Part 5) at the same time that the first-wave participants did their twelve-month follow-up questionnaire. Numerous demographic variables are included in the study, along with variables from 15 different scales, a knowledge questionnaire, responses to vignettes, and respondents' own experiences with sexual violence.

本研究旨在评估一项以责任共同体模型（Community of Responsibility Model）为框架的性侵预防项目的有效性，该项目面向男女群体，传授其在陌生人、熟人或朋友引发的性暴力事件发生前、发生时及发生后，如何安全且有效地开展干预行动。与多数预防项目将女性视为潜在受害者、男性视为潜在施暴者的定位不同，本项目的独特之处在于将男女均视作性暴力相关行为的潜在旁观者或目击者。2003年春季（第一波）与秋季（第二波）学期，美国东北部一所州立大学共招募389名本科生参与本研究。所有参与者被随机分配至两个干预组中的一组，或对照组。第一波参与者均完成了前测问卷（第一部分）、后测问卷（第二部分），以及首次后测结束后2个月（第三部分）与12个月（第四部分）的追踪问卷。第一波干预组参与者在填写后测问卷前，参与了单次或三次课程的培训项目，并在填写2个月追踪问卷前参与了一次强化培训。第二波参与者的干预流程至2个月追踪问卷阶段与第一波一致。在此之后，第二波参与者与第一波参与者分别在同一时间点，接收了4个月追踪问卷（第五部分）与12个月追踪问卷。本研究涵盖多项人口统计学变量，同时包含来自15个不同量表的变量、知识问卷、情景 vignette（Vignette）作答数据，以及受访者自身的性暴力经历相关数据。