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Self-Control, Opportunity, and College Students' Bystander Intervention in Sexually Coercive Situations.
- Source :
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence; Jun2021, Vol. 36 Issue 11/12, pNP6144-NP6165, 22p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This study examines students' bystander intervention opportunities and behaviors using survey data from a convenience sample of 226 college students from a university in the United States. We approach this study with theoretical concepts from the criminological literature on positive peer influence, self-control theories, and social control theories. Bivariate correlations and logistic analysis reveal, contrary to our predictions, that social and self-control have only minor predictive power on the likelihood of witnessing and intervening in sexually coercive events. However, we find strong support for some demographic characteristics, peer relationships, and behavioral characteristics (such as binge drinking) as predictive of witnessing a sexually coercive event and intervening in an event. Our study adds to the literature on bystander intervention behavior and aims to inform bystander intervention programming efforts by identifying student populations that are more likely to have the opportunity to intervene in sexually coercive situations and sexual assaults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SEX crime prevention
AFFINITY groups
STATISTICS
PSYCHOLOGY of college students
SELF-management (Psychology)
HUMAN sexuality
BINGE drinking
FISHER exact test
ATTACHMENT behavior
SEX customs
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
SOCIAL skills
STATISTICAL sampling
DATA analysis software
STATISTICAL correlation
LOGISTIC regression analysis
ODDS ratio
CONTROL (Psychology)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08862605
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 11/12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150848859
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518808858