SynthesisPsychological science in the public interest : a journal of the American Psychological Society2024
Preventing Sexual Violence: A Behavioral Problem Without a Behaviorally Informed Solution.
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- What Do We Know About Proximal Factors Influencing Bystander Intervention? A Call for Momentary Assessment and Intervention.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Review
- "I Don't Know for Certain": A Content Analysis of Reddit Posters' Accounts of Drink Spiking.Violence against women · 2026Article
- Examining Attitudes Conducive to Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Evidence From a Representative Multi-Country Study.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026Article
- LGBTQ+ Adult Sexual Violence Critical Scoping Review: Victimization Risk Factors.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Article
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- Correcting misperceived norms: An integrated intervention to prevent adolescent sexual violence and HIV in South Africa.Global public health · 2025Article
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- A Peer Support Specialist-Delivered Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Program for Women in Substance Use Treatment: Protocol for a Single-Arm Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Moralizing Consent: Three Field Studies Testing a Student-Led Intervention at University Parties.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Bar-Staff Bystander Intervention Training Program for Reducing Sexual Aggression.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2025Article
- What Would You Tell Your Friend About Trying to Consent After Having Consumed Alcohol? Advice from U.S. College Students About How They Navigate Alcohol-Involved Consensual Sexual Behavior.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Violence against women and girls research: Leveraging gains across disciplines.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Addressing alcohol-involved sexual violence on college campuses: a collaborative system dynamics theory of change.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Advancing sexual assault prevention through implementation science.Psychology of violence · 2024Article
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Abstract
What solutions can we find in the research literature for preventing sexual violence, and what psychological theories have guided these efforts? We gather all primary prevention efforts to reduce sexual violence from 1985 to 2018 and provide a bird's-eye view of the literature. We first review predominant theoretical approaches to sexual-violence perpetration prevention by highlighting three interventions that exemplify the zeitgeist of primary prevention efforts at various points during this time period. We find a throughline in primary prevention interventions: They aim to change attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge (i.e., ideas) to reduce sexual-violence perpetration and victimization. Our meta-analysis of these studies tests the efficacy of this approach directly and finds that although many interventions are successful at changing ideas, behavior change does not follow. There is little to no relationship between changing attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge and reducing victimization or perpetration. We also observe trends over time, including a shift from targeting a reduction in perpetration to targeting an increase in bystander intervention. We conclude by highlighting promising new strategies for measuring victimization and perpetration and calling for interventions that are informed by theories of behavior change and that center sexually violent behavior as the key outcome of interest.
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