Who sees opportunity to help? A prospective study on adolescents' detection of intervention opportunities in situations of sexual and dating violence

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2937923
AutoresEmily A Waterman (0000-0001-6214-223X, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, autor de correspondencia), Kate M Edwards (0000-0003-1888-7386, University of Nebraska–Lincoln), Katie M Edwards, Abigail Elizabeth Beaulieu (University of New Hampshire), Victoria L Banyard (0000-0002-9645-5055, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)
Año2020
Volumen37
Número10-11
Páginas2843-2862
Fecha de publicación2020-10-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407520940415
OpenAlexW3042778917
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas50

Adolescent bystanders (i.e., witnesses to violence) can prevent sexual and dating violence among their peers and create a safer social environment if they detect the opportunity. The current study prospectively examined the association of demographic (i.e., age, gender, sexual orientation), psychosocial (i.e., knowledge, rape myth acceptance, victim empathy), and behavioral (i.e., binge drinking) factors with bystander opportunity detection in situations regarding sexual and dating violence among adolescents ( N = 1,322, 50.3% girls/women, 88.9% White/non-Hispanic, 85.9% heterosexual, 18.6% free/reduced lunch, aged 13-19). Sexual minority girls, adolescents with greater victim empathy, and binge drinkers were more likely to detect bystander opportunity than heterosexual girls, boys, adolescents with less victim empathy, and nonbinge drinkers. These findings suggest that current theoretical frameworks used to understand bystander opportunity and action may be enhanced by the consideration of demographic and personal characteristics

Criminology · Dating violence · Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Empathy · Intervention (counseling · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Sexual orientation · Sexual violence · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology