An Exploratory Analysis of College Students' Response and Reporting Behavior Regarding Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration Among Their Friends
An Exploratory Analysis of College Students' Response and Reporting Behavior Regarding Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration Among Their Friends
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DOI：
10.1177/0886260513504494
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发表时间：
2013-12-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Dretsch, Elizabeth C.
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作者：
Branch, Kathryn A.;Richards, Tara N.;Dretsch, Elizabeth C.
在过去的几十年里，大量文献记录了大学校园约会暴力的盛行。因此，提高大学校园约会暴力意识的举措不断涌现，旁观者干预模式也已发展起来。旁观者干预声称，通过向所有学生提供有关约会暴力的普遍性和警告信号的信息，这些人在看到问题行为时会说些什么。然而，关于学生是否真正报告他们对同龄人约会暴力的观察的实证研究很少。在本研究中，对大学新生样本（n = 275）进行了调查，了解他们举报朋友间约会暴力行为的意愿。调查结果表明，略多的受访者表示，他们会向大学官员 (54%) 和/或执法部门 (56%) 报告朋友之间的约会暴力受害行为，而表示会报告犯罪行为的受访者较少，分别为 38% 和 42%。重要的是，绝大多数受访者表示他们会尝试干预约会暴力受害（87%）和实施（84%）。讨论了这些发现对校园安全举措和旁观者教育模式的影响。
Over the last several decades, an extensive literature has documented the prevalence of dating violence on college campuses. As a result, initiatives to promote awareness of dating violence on college campuses have proliferated and models of bystander intervention have been developed. Bystander intervention asserts that by giving all students information concerning the prevalence and warning signs of dating violence, these individuals will say something when they see problem behavior. However, a paucity of empirical research exists concerning whether students actually report their observation of dating violence among their peers. In the present study, a sample of college freshman (n = 275) was surveyed regarding their willingness to report dating violence behaviors among their friends. Findings indicate that a slight majority of respondents report that they would report dating violence victimization among their friends to university officials (54%) and/or law enforcement (56%) while fewer indicated they would report perpetration, 38% and 42%, respectively. Importantly, respondents overwhelmingly report that they would attempt to intervene in the dating violence victimization (87%) and perpetration (84%). Implications of these findings for campus safety initiatives and bystander education models are discussed.