Did You Help? Intervening During Incidents of Sexual Assault Among College Student Bystanders

IF 1.6 4区教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of College Student Development Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.1353/csd.2023.0018

L. O’Sullivan, Charlene F Belu, Rice B. Fuller, Morgan E. Richard

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Abstract

Abstract:Sexual assault continues to plague college campuses despite years of targeted intervention. Recent prevention efforts have focused on the role of bystanders in reducing rates. However, limited work has explored actual intervention behaviors as opposed to intentions to intervene or reasons why individuals might choose not to help. College students (N = 1219; aged 19–62; 66% women) completed an online survey assessing experiences as a bystander witnessing a sexual assault, willingness to intervene, helping behavior, and associated beliefs and attitudes (rape myth attitudes, perceived peer norms, perceived self-efficacy). Fifteen percent witnessed a recent situation that they believed involved sexual assault, and most students (69%) intervened. Lower rape myth endorsement, greater self-efficacy regarding intervening, and greater perceived norms that peers would intervene on behalf of a peer predicted willingness to intervene. A personal history of sexual assault and knowing of another's assault increased the odds of perceiving an assault was underway. Knowing the victim increased the odds of intervening for all groups except men. Reports were compared among students who identified as men, women, heterosexuals, and sexual minorities. This research advances our understanding of how common it is to witness sexual assault, who is willing to intervene, and cognitive–affective barriers to intervention among college students. Specific recommendations for practitioners and educators are provided.

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你帮忙了吗？大学生旁观者性侵事件的干预

摘要：尽管进行了多年有针对性的干预，但性侵仍然困扰着大学校园。最近的预防工作侧重于旁观者在降低发病率方面的作用。然而，有限的工作探索了实际的干预行为，而不是干预的意图或个人可能选择不提供帮助的原因。大学生（N=1219；年龄在19-62岁之间；66%为女性）完成了一项在线调查，评估了作为旁观者目睹性侵的经历、干预意愿、帮助行为以及相关的信念和态度（强奸神话态度、感知的同伴规范、感知的自我效能感）。15%的学生目睹了他们认为涉及性侵的近期情况，大多数学生（69%）进行了干预。强奸神话的支持率较低，对干预的自我效能感更强，并且认为同龄人会代表同龄人预测的干预意愿进行干预的规范性更强。个人性侵史和知道他人性侵的情况增加了感知性侵正在进行的几率。了解受害者增加了除男性以外的所有群体进行干预的几率。报告在被认定为男性、女性、异性恋者和性少数群体的学生中进行了比较。这项研究加深了我们对目睹性侵的常见程度、谁愿意干预以及大学生干预的认知-情感障碍的理解。为从业者和教育工作者提供了具体建议。

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Journal of College Student Development Multiple-

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2.90

自引率

14.30%

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期刊介绍： Published six times per year for the American College Personnel Association.Founded in 1959, the Journal of College Student Development has been the leading source of research about college students and the field of student affairs for over four decades. JCSD is the largest empirical research journal in the field of student affairs and higher education, and is the official journal of the American College Personnel Association.