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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2020
Publication Title
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Volume
37
Issue
3-4
First Page
2126
Last Page
2146
Abstract
A recent randomized controlled trial reported that Green Dot (GD)—a bystander intervention training program that targets popular opinion leaders for intensive training—reduced school-level interpersonal violence perpetration and victimization. Expanding GD’s targeted group members to include “mavens” of bystander intervention—those who spread bystander intervention norms to others by communicating with peers—may increase the effectiveness of such training. Self-report data collected from students at the 13 intervention high schools in Kentucky are analyzed to identify characteristics of those who engage in discussions with peers about preventing interpersonal violence. Findings show that students who engage in more frequent bystander behaviors are more likely to have such conversations with peers, but GD participants were no more likely than nonparticipants to discuss preventing interpersonal violence with peers.
Recommended Citation
Butler, L. C., & Fisher, B. S. (2020). Who are the mavens of bystander intervention?: Implications for the social diffusion model of bystander intervention training programs. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, 2126–2146. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605209344
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Sage in Journal of Interpersonal Violence on July 1, 2020, available online: https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520934431
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