Degree
Master of Arts
Program
Education
Supervisor
Dr. Peter Jaffe
Abstract
Sexual violence is an ongoing problem in Canada that affects youth, and has become complicated due to the increased use of social media and the Internet. As a result, new violence prevention programs focus on bystanders’ potential to intervene and has been shown to promote prosocial attitudes toward sexual violence (e.g. Banyard, Moynihan, and Plante, 2007; Katz, Heisterkamp, & Fleming, 2011). The present study examine current attitudes of adolescents in wrongfulness and willingness to intervene in scenarios of sexual violence that occur in either online or offline contexts. The study replicated and modified an existing evidence-supported American questionnaire that uses written bystander scenarios depicting potential sexual violence. Participants were 154 high school students from southwestern Ontario. Significant gender differences, as well as indications for anonymous online victims were found. Implications for future bystander intervention and violence prevention strategies are explored further.
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Gloria, "Adolescent Bystander Perceptions of Sexual Violence Scenarios" (2015). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 2748.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/2748
Included in
Developmental Psychology Commons, Secondary Education and Teaching Commons, Social Psychology Commons