How can psychology help reduce gender-based violence and misconduct on college campuses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8720728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aliya R Webermann (0000-0003-3101-5945, corresponding author), Christopher M Murphy (0000-0003-2552-7514) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-172 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Psychologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-066X • E-ISSN: 1935-990X |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/amp0000705 |
| PMID | 32955267 |
| OpenAlex | W3087581706 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Psychological research has been at the forefront of efforts to document, understand, and prevent sexual harassment, sexual coercion, sexual violence, and intimate partner abuse on college campuses. Collectively, these various forms of gender-based violence and misconduct (GBVM) are highly prevalent on college campuses and exert wide-ranging negative effects on students' mental health and academic success. A recent resolution by the American Psychological Association outlined the field's research contributions and ongoing commitment to help prevent campus sexual assault. Our article builds on this initiative by offering 10 recommendations to psychology researchers, educators, and practitioners to address critical gaps in GBVM knowledge and practice through novel applications of psychology. These recommendations include: (a) Develop interventions to reduce and prevent faculty-perpetrated GBVM; (b) encourage and support professional sanctions for credibly accused faculty perpetrators of GBVM; (c) explore alternative models of graduate student mentorship; (d) develop improved risk prediction models for GBVM perpetration; (e) enhance selective and indicated prevention focused on individual and contextual risk; (f) support improvements in institutional responses to Title IX cases; (g) study the experiences and needs of student populations traditionally underrepresented in GBVM research, including racial/ethnic minority, sexual minority, and religious minority students, international students, and returning (nontraditional) students; (h) refine and disseminate campus interventions to promote relationship skill development; (i) refine and disseminate classroom-based prevention models; and (j) train and support the next generation of antiviolence scholars, clinicians, educators, and activists. Illustrative examples of these ongoing efforts are provided throughout the article and within a summary table. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Best practice · Criminology · Harassment · Medical education · MEDLINE · Mental health · Mentorship · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · PsycINFO · Scholarship · Sexual misconduct · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Workplace Violence and Bullying · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |