TakeCARE, a Video to Promote Bystander Behavior on College Campuses: Replication and Extension

Abstract

Previous research has demonstrated that college students who view TakeCARE, a video bystander program designed to encourage students to take action to prevent sexual and relationship violence (i.e., bystander behavior), display more bystander behavior relative to students who view a control video. The current study aimed to replicate and extend these findings by testing two different methods of administering TakeCARE and examining moderators of TakeCARE's effects on bystander behavior. Students at four universities ( n = 557) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (a) view TakeCARE in a monitored computer lab, (b) view TakeCARE at their own convenience after receiving an email link to the video, or (c) view a video about study skills (control group). Participants completed measures of bystander behavior at baseline and at a 1-month follow-up. Participants in both TakeCARE conditions reported more bystander behavior at follow-up assessments, compared with participants in the control condition. The beneficial effect of TakeCARE did not differ significantly across administration methods. However, the effects of TakeCARE on bystander behavior were moderated by students' perceptions of campus responsiveness to sexual violence, with more potent effects when students perceived their institution as responsive to reports of sexual violence.

Second-Order Sexual Harassment: Violence Against the Silence Breakers Who Support the Victims

“…With regard to this last point, the studies we found focused primarily on university settings. Studies such as Jouriles et al (2017) and Valls et al (2016), both of which refer to gender violence at universities, stress the importance of the role played by the institution itself. Both studies stress that individuals evaluate how the university and individuals in leadership positions react, both to incidents of gender violence and, more specifically, to individuals who have taken a stand to support the victim or who have reported incidents of which they are aware.…”

“…Both studies stress that individuals evaluate how the university and individuals in leadership positions react, both to incidents of gender violence and, more specifically, to individuals who have taken a stand to support the victim or who have reported incidents of which they are aware. In their evaluation of the effectiveness of the TakeCARE program, Jouriles et al (2017) found that the program had no impact on students who believed that their school would have a poor response to reports of sexual violence. However, when students felt that their institution took the matter seriously and would respond appropriately to incidents, they were more willing to intervene in risky situations.…”

Increasing bystander behavior to prevent adolescent relationship violence: A randomized controlled trial.

“…Thus, the interpretation of the obtained effect sizes remains unclear. However, even a small effect can be very impactful for a bystander program that has the potential to be distributed widely across an entire campus (Jouriles et al, 2017). For example, our study found that TakeCARE resulted in an average .11 increase in bystander behavior for each of the four self-reported bystander behaviors queried on our scale (see Table 2).…”

A Novel Model for Advancing Sexual Assault Education and Prevention on Campus

“…In Week 6 of this 14-week course, students were shown a film about sexual assault on college campuses, The Hunting Ground (Ziering & Dick,2015) and the brief TakeCare video (Jouriles et al, 2016;Jouriles et al, 2017;Kleinsasser et al, 2015). I obtained the TakeCare video from E. N. Jouriles (personal communication, February 29, 2016).…”

“…The video presents information about sexual assault among college students, vignettes of risky situations college students encounter, and effective bystander responses to these risky situations (Jouriles et al, 2016). In four randomized, controlled trials, students who viewed TakeCare in a lab or on their own reported more bystander behaviors toward friends compared to students assigned to a control condition (Jouriles et al, 2016;Jouriles et al, 2017;Kleinsasser, Jouriles, McDonald, & Rosenfield, 2015). I am unaware of any academic papers that discuss how TakeCare may be integrated into academic courses to advance sexual assault education and prevention on campus.…”