SynthesisTrauma, violence & abuse2022
What Works in Violence Prevention Among Young People?: A Systematic Review of Reviews.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Violence Prevention Interventions: Umbrella Review of Research in the General Population.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
- What Works in Violence Prevention Among Young People?: A Systematic Review of Reviews.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2022Pooled it
- Measuring Outcomes in Evaluations of Interventions to Prevent Youth Crime and Violence: Challenges and Potential Solutions.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Conducting Evaluations in the Context of Tertiary Prevention of Youth Crime: Reflections from the Youth Endowment Fund.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Not All Awe Is Equal: Divergent and Unstable Effects of Positive and Negative Awe on Aggressive Behavior.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Promoting Positive Youth Development with Adolescent Boys in UK Schools: A Theory-Driven Evaluation of the "Becoming a Man" Programme.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Applying the Public Health Approach to Prevent Targeted Violence in the United States.Psychology of violence · 2026Article
- Preventing Youth Crime and Violence: Intervention and Evaluation Issues.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- School-Based Interventions for Reducing Disciplinary School Exclusion. An Updated Systematic Review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2025Review
- Malleable and Static Risk Factors Associated with Boys' Patterns of Interpersonal Violence: A Latent Class Analysis.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025Article
- Postdigital Bystanding: Youth Experiences of Sexual Violence Workshops in Schools in England, Ireland, and Canada.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence of exposure to someone else's firearm violence, threats, and risky behavior among a national sample of young people in the United States.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Teachers' Roles in Coping with School Violence from the Perspectives of Prospective Teachers: A Q Methodological Approach.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Bystander Intervention in Football and Sports. A Quasi-Experimental Feasibility Study of a Bystander Violence Prevention Program in the United Kingdom.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024Article
- Protocol: Reducing community violence: A systematic meta-review of what works.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Review
- The influence of dark personality and pornography on sexual aggression beliefs.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Childhood predictors of self-harm, externalised violence and transitioning to dual harm in a cohort of adolescents and young adults.Psychological medicine · 2023Article
- The effectiveness of blended versus regular Forensic Outpatient Systemic Therapy in the treatment of juvenile antisocial behavior: a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Ethically Driven and Methodologically Tailored: Setting the Agenda for Systematic Reviews in Domestic Violence and Abuse.Journal of family violence · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Mentors in Violence Prevention Program: A Process Examination of How Implementation Can Affect Gender-Based Violence Outcomes.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2023Article
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Abstract
Violence prevention programs aim to raise awareness, change attitudes, normative beliefs, motivation, and behavioral responses. Many programs have been developed and evaluated, and optimistic claims about effectiveness made. Yet comprehensive guidance on program design, implementation, and evaluation is limited. The aim of this study was to provide an up-to-date review of evidence on what works for whom. A systematic search of PsycINFO, MEDLINE, ERIC, and Sociology Collection ProQuest identified 40 reviews and meta-analyses reporting on the effectiveness of violence prevention programs among young people (age 15-30) in educational institutions, published before October 2018. These included reviews of programs designed to reduce (i) bullying, (ii) dating and relationship violence, (iii) sexual assault, and (iv) antisocial behavior. Only evaluations that reported on behavioral outcomes such as perpetration, victimization, and bystander behavior were included. The reviewed evaluations reported on programs that were mainly implemented in high-income countries in Europe and North America. The majority found small effects on violence reduction and victimization and increases in self-reported bystander behavior. Our findings expose critical gaps in evaluation research in this area and provide recommendations on how to optimize the effectiveness of future programs.
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