Bystanders to Prevent Peer Sexual Violence: Understanding Patterns of Prosocial Behavior Over Time from Early to Later Adolescence

Banyard, Victoria L.; Waterman, Emily A.; Edwards, Katie M.

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“…The current study also used items that included descriptions of both the risky situation that was unfolding (someone being taken away from a party) and the bystander action (said something). Next steps in bystander measurement need to disentangle bystander actions from risky situations given research that shows a variety of types of bystander actions are possible in any given situation (Banyard, Edwards, et al, 2021; Banyard, Waterman, & Edwards, 2021). For example, researchers might consider asking respondents to indicate which of a list of possible behaviors they engaged in rather than presenting only one response for each situation (Yule & Grych, 2020).…”

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Quantifying College Students’ Bystander Behavior to Prevent Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence: Can We Make Improvements?

Krauss

McDonald

Cascardi

et al. 2023

J Interpers Violence

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Sexual assault and intimate partner violence (IPV) are prevalent on college campuses, and bystander intervention programs are often employed as a method for preventing such violence. Unfortunately, there are concerns about current strategies for the measurement and quantification of bystander behavior. Accounting for the opportunity to engage in bystander behavior is theorized to be important, but it remains unclear if doing so improves the validity of the measurement of bystander behavior. The current study compares four methods of quantifying bystander behavior when information about the opportunity to help is also available. First-year undergraduate students ( n = 714) from three universities participated. Participants completed the risky situations subscale of the Bystander Behavior Scale, using a modified response scale to measure both bystander behavior and opportunity for such behavior. Measures of criterion variables theorized to be linked with bystander behavior (efficacy to intervene, responsibility to intervene, and moral courage) were also completed. Four types of bystander behavior scores were calculated: breadth, missed opportunity, offset, and likelihood. Likelihood scores, which reflect the likelihood of engaging in bystander behavior when presented with the opportunity to help, correlated more strongly with the criterion variables than other scores. Likelihood scores demonstrated added value in quantifying bystander behavior over other scoring methods. Findings from the current study add to the knowledge of how best to measure and quantify bystander behavior. Such knowledge has significant implications for research on correlates of bystander behavior and evaluations of bystander intervention programs for sexual assault and IPV prevention.

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Quantifying College Students’ Bystander Behavior to Prevent Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence: Can We Make Improvements?

Krauss

McDonald

Cascardi

et al. 2023

J Interpers Violence

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The Role of Personality, Just World Beliefs, and Rape Myth Acceptance on Sexual Violence Bystander Intentions

Hetzel-Riggin,

James,

Willmes

et al. 2024

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

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A Study of the Bystander Effect in Different Helping Situations

Ai,

Ismail,

Chong

2024

Social Psychology and Society

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Objective. Explore the presence of the bystander effect in both general situations and emergency situations. Background. The bystander effect, a classic discovery in social psychology, has attracted significant attention in recent years due to instances of bystander indifference in society. This phenomenon raises the question of whether the bystander effect occurs not only in general situations where help is needed but also in emergency situations. Study design. The study uses empirical research to investigate the existence of the bystander effect in general and emergency situations. Participants. Chinese sample: 200 people (university students from Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Xi'an International Studies University in China) from 18 to 28 years old (M = 23,50; SD = 4,15). Measurements. The used scenarios are based on McGuire’s (1994) taxonomy of helping behaviors. Results. The results indicate that the bystander effect is present in general helping situations, but not in emergency scenarios. Conclusions. This means that individuals are more likely to exhibit bystander behavior when encountering a situation where assistance is needed but not urgent. However, in emergency situations, the bystander effect does not seem to influence individuals' willingness to help.

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Bystanders to Prevent Peer Sexual Violence: Understanding Patterns of Prosocial Behavior Over Time from Early to Later Adolescence

Cited by 3 publications

References 49 publications

Quantifying College Students’ Bystander Behavior to Prevent Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence: Can We Make Improvements?

Quantifying College Students’ Bystander Behavior to Prevent Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence: Can We Make Improvements?

The Role of Personality, Just World Beliefs, and Rape Myth Acceptance on Sexual Violence Bystander Intentions

A Study of the Bystander Effect in Different Helping Situations

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