Citation

Sargent KS, Jouriles EN, Rosenfield D, McDonald R. J. Youth Adolesc. 2016; 46(3): 633-643.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10964-016-0622-z

PMID

27942943

Abstract

Although bystander programs to prevent relationship and sexual violence have been evaluated with college students, few evaluations have been conducted with high school students. This study evaluated the effectiveness of TakeCARE, a brief video bystander program designed to promote helpful bystander behavior in situations involving relationship violence among high school students. Students (N = 1295; 52.5% female; 72.3% Hispanic) reported their bystander behavior at a baseline assessment. Classrooms (N = 66) were randomized to view TakeCARE or to a control condition, and high school counselors administered the video in the classrooms assigned to view TakeCARE. Students again reported their bystander behavior at a follow-up assessment approximately 3 months afterward.

RESULTS indicate that students who viewed TakeCARE reported more helpful bystander behavior at the follow-up assessment than students in the control condition.

RESULTS of exploratory analyses of the likelihood of encountering and intervening upon specific situations calling for bystander behavior are also reported. TakeCARE is efficacious when implemented in an urban high school by high school counselors.

Language: en