Preventing Violence Against Women: A Web-Based Approach

防止针对妇女的暴力行为：基于网络的方法

• 批准号: 7177117
• 负责人: LAURA F SALAZAR
• 金额: $ 28.28万
• 依托单位: EMORY UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7177117
• 关键词: Internet; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; clinical trials; crime victims; culture; female; human subject; interview; male; sex abuse; social behavior; social perception; violence prevention

Violence against women is a serious public health problem. Young women are disproportionately assaulted or raped by men indicating a need for effective and innovative prevention programs. A newly emerging trend in the violence against women (VAW) prevention field is the design of programs that move beyond targeting individual characteristics only or male perpetrators only by addressing the broader context in which violence against women occurs. This type of environmental approach acknowledges that the vast majority of young men does not engage in violence, but rather comprises a culture where normative influences contribute to the victimization of women. The proposed study will seek to develop and test an innovative prevention program designed to have an impact on VAW by targeting young men and focusing on affecting personal as well as environmental influences. The program will be guided by empirical research and social cognitive theory and will incorporate a social norms approach. Specifically, the program will attempt to dispel misperceptions regarding normative beliefs and behaviors related to VAW while enhancing the knowledge and skills necessary for engaging in behaviors that reduce risk for women. The program will be adapted for a Web-based modality. There are two primary goals (1) to prevent psychologically, physically, and sexually abusive behaviors toward women, and (2) to increase the "intervening" behaviors that reduce risk for VAW perpetration (e.g., express disapproval when a peer is verbally disparaging toward women; attempt to stop a peer who tries to be coercive/abusive). These primary goals will be achieved by affecting theoretically and empirically derived mediators such as: correcting misperceptions in normative beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, increasing knowledge of the elements constituting informed consent to have sex, increasing knowledge of legal definitions of assault, enhancing communication skills, and increasing empathy for female victims. The program will incorporate web-based activities designed to modify these theoretical and empirical constructs. The program will be tested for its efficacy by using a randomized controlled design implemented among a randomly selected sample of 680 male college students. Study outcomes to be assessed will be the psychological, physical, and sexual perpetration of women and intervening behaviors. These outcomes will be assessed via web-administered interviews at baseline, postintervention, and at 6 months.

对妇女的暴力行为是一个严重的公共卫生问题。年轻妇女遭受的攻击不成比例 或被男性强奸，表明需要有效和创新的预防计划。新兴趋势 在针对妇女（VAW）预防领域的暴力行为中是设计超出目标的计划的设计 仅通过解决暴力的更广泛的环境，仅通过个人特征或男性肇事者 反对妇女发生。这种环境方法承认，绝大多数年轻人 男人不参与暴力，而是包括一种文化，规范影响有助于 妇女的受害。拟议的研究将寻求开发和测试创新的预防 旨在通过瞄准年轻人并专注于影响个人的计划，旨在对VAW产生影响 以及环境影响。该计划将以实证研究和社会认知的指导 理论并将结合一种社会规范方法。具体而言，该计划将尝试消除 关于与VAW相关的规范信念和行为的误解，同时增强知识 以及从事降低女性风险的行为所需的技能。该程序将适用于 基于Web的模态。有两个主要目标（1）可以在心理，身体和性上预防 对女性的虐待行为，以及（2）增加降低VAW风险的“中间”行为 犯罪（例如，当同伴在口头上贬低女性时明确反对；试图停止 试图强制/虐待的同伴。这些主要目标将通过理论和 经验得出的调解人，例如：纠正规范信念，态度和 行为，越来越多地了解构成知情同意的元素，增加性行为 了解攻击的法律定义，增强沟通技巧以及对女性的同理心的知识 受害者。该计划将结合旨在修改这些理论和经验的基于Web的活动 构造。该程序将通过使用实施的随机控制设计来测试其功效 在随机选择的680名男性大学生中。要评估的研究结果将是 妇女和中间行为的心理，身体和性犯罪。这些结果 将在基线，干预后和6个月时通过网络管理的访谈进行评估。