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Evaluating a bystander intervention to disrupt interpersonal violence/abuse

Roberts, Nicola and Marsh, Heaven (2021) Evaluating a bystander intervention to disrupt interpersonal violence/abuse. Safer Communities, 20 (2). pp. 62-72. ISSN 1757-8043

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Abstract

It is recommended that universities implement bystander interventions to disrupt the interpersonal violence and abuse that students experience in this context. Yet, there are few evaluations of bystander interventions in the UK. Building on an existing evaluation carried out on a bystander intervention at a university in 2017/18, the purpose of this research was to evaluate the intervention.Using a one-way repeated measures design, ANOVA was used to analyse pre- and post-intervention data gathered from 121 students, during 2018/19.As the aims of the session were met, it can be inferred individuals who participate in the bystander intervention have the potential to disrupt interpersonal violence and abuse.The small sample size and design of the survey limited the research. Further evaluations of bystander interventions are needed in the UK that utilises large samples and a validated survey.This paper notes the importance of engaging many students in a cohort to participate on a bystander intervention.This study adds to the paucity of evaluations of bystander interventions in the UK. Knowing that the intervention has the potential to disrupt interpersonal violence and abuse builds the momentum for other similarly designed interventions to be implemented in universities in the UK.

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Depositing User: Nicola Roberts

Identifiers

Item ID: 12666
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1108/SC-05-2020-0018
ISSN: 1757-8043
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/12666
Official URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.110...

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ORCID for Nicola Roberts: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2619-1346

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Date Deposited: 07 Oct 2020 07:25
Last Modified: 29 Jun 2022 08:56

Contributors

Author: Nicola Roberts ORCID iD
Author: Heaven Marsh

University Divisions

Faculty of Education and Society > School of Social Sciences

Subjects

Social Sciences > Criminology

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