Preventing Violence Against Women: A Web-Based Approach

对妇女的暴力是一个严重的公共卫生问题。年轻女性遭受不成比例的性侵 或被男子强奸，这表明需要有效和创新的预防方案。一种新的趋势 在暴力侵害妇女(VAW)预防领域，方案的设计超越了目标 仅限个人特征或男性肇事者仅通过处理暴力所处的更广泛的背景 针对女性的行为时有发生。这种环境方法承认，绝大多数年轻人 男人不参与暴力，而是组成了一种文化，在这种文化中，规范的影响有助于 对女性的伤害。拟议的研究将寻求开发和测试一种创新的预防 旨在通过瞄准年轻男性并专注于影响个人AS来对VAW产生影响的计划 以及环境影响。该计划将以实证研究和社会认知为指导 理论，并将纳入一种社会规范方法。具体地说，该计划将试图驱散 在提高知识的同时，对与VAW有关的规范信念和行为的误解 以及从事降低女性风险的行为所需的技能。该节目将被改编成 基于网络的医疗模式。有两个主要目标(1)从心理上、身体上和性上防止 对女性的虐待行为，以及(2)增加“干预性”行为，以降低VAW的风险 实施(例如，当同龄人在口头上贬低女性时表示反对；试图阻止 试图强迫/虐待的同龄人)。这些主要目标将通过在理论上和 经验派生的调解人，如：纠正规范信念、态度和 行为，增加对构成性行为知情同意书的要素的了解，增加 了解性侵的法律定义，增强沟通技巧，增加对女性的同理心 受害者。该计划将纳入旨在修改这些理论和经验活动的基于网络的活动 构造。该计划将通过实施随机对照设计来测试其有效性 在随机抽取的680名男大学生中。有待评估的研究结果将是 女性的心理、身体和性行为以及干预行为。这些结果 将在基线、干预后和6个月时通过网络管理的访谈进行评估。

Violence against women is a serious public health problem. Young women are disproportionately assaulted or raped by men indicating a need for effective and innovative prevention programs. A newly emerging trend in the violence against women (VAW) prevention field is the design of programs that move beyond targeting individual characteristics only or male perpetrators only by addressing the broader context in which violence against women occurs. This type of environmental approach acknowledges that the vast majority of young men does not engage in violence, but rather comprises a culture where normative influences contribute to the victimization of women. The proposed study will seek to develop and test an innovative prevention program designed to have an impact on VAW by targeting young men and focusing on affecting personal as well as environmental influences. The program will be guided by empirical research and social cognitive theory and will incorporate a social norms approach. Specifically, the program will attempt to dispel misperceptions regarding normative beliefs and behaviors related to VAW while enhancing the knowledge and skills necessary for engaging in behaviors that reduce risk for women. The program will be adapted for a Web-based modality. There are two primary goals (1) to prevent psychologically, physically, and sexually abusive behaviors toward women, and (2) to increase the "intervening" behaviors that reduce risk for VAW perpetration (e.g., express disapproval when a peer is verbally disparaging toward women; attempt to stop a peer who tries to be coercive/abusive). These primary goals will be achieved by affecting theoretically and empirically derived mediators such as: correcting misperceptions in normative beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, increasing knowledge of the elements constituting informed consent to have sex, increasing knowledge of legal definitions of assault, enhancing communication skills, and increasing empathy for female victims. The program will incorporate web-based activities designed to modify these theoretical and empirical constructs. The program will be tested for its efficacy by using a randomized controlled design implemented among a randomly selected sample of 680 male college students. Study outcomes to be assessed will be the psychological, physical, and sexual perpetration of women and intervening behaviors. These outcomes will be assessed via web-administered interviews at baseline, postintervention, and at 6 months.