Speak Up! Prosocial Intervention Verbalizations Predict Successful Bystander Intervention for a Laboratory Analogue of Sexual Aggression

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• Alternative Title:
  Sex Abuse
• Personal Author:
  Parrott, Dominic J. ; Swartout, Kevin M. ; Tharp, Andra Teten ; Purvis, Danielle M. ; Topalli, Volkan
• Description:
  This study evaluated a mechanism by which men's self-efficacy to intervene increases their likelihood of preventing a laboratory analogue of sexual aggression (SA) via specific verbalizations and whether alcohol inhibits this mechanism. A sample of 78 male peer dyads were randomly assigned to consume an alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage and complete a laboratory paradigm to assess bystander intervention to prevent SA toward a female who had ostensibly consumed an alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage. Participants' verbalizations during the task were subjected to quantitative analysis. Regardless of alcohol use, bystander self-efficacy increased the likelihood of successful bystander intervention via participants' use of more prosocial verbalizations. Findings highlight prosocial verbalizations within the male peer context that may effectively prevent SA.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aggression Alcohol Alcohol Drinking Article Female Helping Behavior Humans Interpersonal Relations Male Peer Norms Rape Sex Offenses Sexual Violence Prevention Social Influence Social Perception Students Verbal Behavior

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• Source:
  Sex Abuse. 32(2):220-243
• Pubmed ID:
  30623745
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6856396
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d3584f6af88b9a12e1c3f58c8ab71b38da5cd771ef519fa94016326c27d62b3a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83246/cdc_83246_DS1.pdf
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