Evaluation of the Green Dot Bystander Intervention to Reduce Interpersonal Violence Among College Students Across Three Campuses
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Evidence suggests that interventions to engage bystanders in violence prevention increase bystander intentions and efficacy to intervene, yet the impact of such programs on violence remains unknown. This study compared rates of violence by type among undergraduate students attending a college campus with the Green Dot bystander intervention (n = 2,768) with students at two colleges without bystander programs (n = 4,258). Violent victimization rates were significantly (p < .01) lower among students attending the campus with Green Dot relative to the two comparison campuses. Violence perpetration rates were lower among males attending the intervention campus. Implications of these results for research and practice are discussed.
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Ann L. Coker, PhD, MPH, is professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the College of Medicine and in the Department of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky. She holds the Verizon Wireless Endowed Chair in the Center for Research on Violence Against Women. Her current research focuses on prevention interventions to reduce the impact of violence against women.
Bonnie S. Fisher, PhD, is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Her research focuses on the extent and nature of victimization of college women, including repeat sexual victimization and alcohol- and drug-enabled sexual assault. Recently, she, along with researchers from the University of Kentucky and University of South Carolina, designed and implemented a multi-campus evaluation of interventions to prevent dating, sexual, and stalking victimization among college students; they are currently analyzing students’ survey data.
Heather M. Bush, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics in the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky. Her current research focuses on utilizing statistical methodology and data visualization to better understand complex relationships.
Suzanne C. Swan, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and the Women’s & Gender Studies Program at the University of South Carolina. She received her PhD in social and personality psychology from the University of Illinois. She conducts research in the area of intimate partner violence, with particular interests in gender and violence in intimate relationships, and preventive interventions with college students to reduce interpersonal violence on college campuses.
Corrine M. Williams, ScD, is an assistant professor in the College of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior at the University of Kentucky. Her research career has focused on the effects of various forms of violence on women’s health, specifically understanding the role of violence against women in reproductive control and decision making, including patterns of contraceptive use and health outcomes such as unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
Emily R. Clear, MPH, CHES, is a research coordinator in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Kentucky. Her research interests include dating and sexual violence among adolescents as well as health effects of various forms of violence against women.
Sarah DeGue, PhD, is a behavioral scientist in the Research and Evaluation Branch of the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her research is focused on the etiology and primary prevention of interpersonal violence, with an emphasis on the development and evaluation of strategies to prevent sexual violence perpetration.
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