Abstract
Although bystander programs to prevent relationship and sexual violence have been evaluated with college students, few evaluations have been conducted with high school students. This study evaluated the effectiveness of TakeCARE, a brief video bystander program designed to promote helpful bystander behavior in situations involving relationship violence among high school students. Students (N = 1295; 52.5% female; 72.3% Hispanic) reported their bystander behavior at a baseline assessment. Classrooms (N = 66) were randomized to view TakeCARE or to a control condition, and high school counselors administered the video in the classrooms assigned to view TakeCARE. Students again reported their bystander behavior at a follow-up assessment approximately 3 months afterward. Results indicate that students who viewed TakeCARE reported more helpful bystander behavior at the follow-up assessment than students in the control condition. Results of exploratory analyses of the likelihood of encountering and intervening upon specific situations calling for bystander behavior are also reported. TakeCARE is efficacious when implemented in an urban high school by high school counselors.
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The authors would like to acknowledge Jennifer Reed, who helped coordinate data collection, assisted with data cleaning, and was integral to working with the high school at which the study took place.
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K.S. contributed to coordination of the study, managed data collection, participated in interpretation of the data, and drafted the manuscript. E.J. conceived of the study and its design, participated in its coordination, contributed to interpretation of the data, and helped to draft the manuscript. D.R. performed the statistical analyses, contributed to interpretation of the data, and helped to draft the manuscript. R.M. conceived of the study and its design, participated in the interpretation of the data and finalization of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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This research was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health R21 HD075585. The content of this manuscript is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the official views of the sponsor.
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Sargent, K.S., Jouriles, E.N., Rosenfield, D. et al. A High School-Based Evaluation of TakeCARE, a Video Bystander Program to Prevent Adolescent Relationship Violence. J Youth Adolescence 46, 633–643 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0622-z
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Keywords
- Bystander intervention
- Adolescent relationship violence
- Randomized-controlled trial
- High school