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SynthesisTrauma, violence & abuse2026

A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relationship Between Alcohol and Bystander Intervention for Sexual Assault.

Aria F Wiseblatt, Michelle J Zaso, Emalee Kerr, Jennifer P Read

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Synthesis in Trauma, violence & abuse, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Aria F WiseblattUniversity at Buffalo, SUNY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4935-4697
Michelle J ZasoUniversity at Buffalo, SUNY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5511-9971
Emalee KerrUniversity at Buffalo, SUNY, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-0224-9976
Jennifer P ReadUniversity at Buffalo, SUNY, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-7735-5893

Funding

RESEARCH TRAINING ON ALCOHOL ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENTT32AA007583 · NIAAA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI Gregory G Homish, KENNETH E LEONARD · 2000 to 2026
$8.5M
Identification and characterization of in-the-moment cognitive antecedents to alcohol use among drinkers with PTSDK99AA029728 · NIAAA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI ZASO, MICHELLE JOSEPHINE · 2022 to 2023
$337k
NIAAA NIH HHS K99 AA029728NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA007583
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sexual assault (SA) remains a significant public health issue, and there is growing interest in SA prevention approaches. Bystander intervention (BI) programs aimed at increasing individuals' willingness to intervene when they witness problematic situations show promise. However, social contexts that are high-risk for SA often involve alcohol, which may impact bystanders' abilities to intervene. Indeed, theoretical and empirical work has suggested that alcohol may impact BI. However, research has yet to quantitatively and systematically review extant literature to quantify whether and how much alcohol might impair BI. The current meta-analysis estimated associations between bystander alcohol use and BI in real, imagined, or hypothetical SA scenarios within both experimental and correlational/naturalistic studies, disaggregating the latter into BI behaviors, intentions, and attitudes. Database searches and author requests yielded 27 eligible articles (

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Alcohol DrinkingHelping BehaviorSex OffensesFemaleHumansIntentionMalealcoholbystander interventionmeta-analysissexual assault

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PMID40317205
PMCPMC13474258

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