Evaluating the Impact of a Youth-Led Sexual Violence Prevention Program: Youth Leadership Retreat Outcomes

Edwards, Katie M.; Banyard, Victoria L.; Waterman, Emily A.; Mitchell, Kimberly J.; Jones, Lisa; Kollar, Laura M Mercer; Hopfauf, Skyler; Simon, Briana

doi:10.1007/s11121-022-01343-x

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Exposure to a youth-led sexual violence prevention program among adolescents: The impact of engagement.

Banyard¹,

Edwards²,

Waterman³

et al. 2022

Psychology of Violence

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Objective: Most studies of peer sexual violence (SV) prevention programs for adolescents focus on program outcomes or feasibility and acceptability; few examine how exposure levels or dosage affects impact. The present study examined the effects of attending multiple community-located youth-led prevention events, as compared to attending one or none, on peer violence (PV)-related attitudes and behaviors. Method: Middle and high school students (M age at first wave = 13.7; 53.2% female; 76.5% White; 21.0% Native American) responded to surveys across 3 years. Logistic regression analyses compared students who attended one community-based event, two or more events, and zero events on sexual violence victimization, any other violence perpetration/victimization, social norms, denial of the problem of sexual violence, and bystander behaviors. Results: After controlling for exposure to longer prevention leadership training as well as baseline outcome levels, youth who participated in two or more community prevention events showed lower perpetration over time, improved prevention attitudes, and more helpful bystander actions in response to peer sexual violence. No significant differences were noted for attendance at one community-based event.Conclusions: Impact of out of school prevention events on youth behavior depends on more vigorous engagement than one-time contacts. Community-based prevention programs can utilize youth-led engagement strategies to help increase youth participation and resulting benefits.

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Exposure to a youth-led sexual violence prevention program among adolescents: The impact of engagement.

Banyard¹,

Edwards²,

Waterman³

et al. 2022

Psychology of Violence

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“…Students received a small incentive (e.g., fruit snack, pencil) and were entered to win gift cards. See Edwards et al (2021) for more study protocol details, eligibility and participation by wave, as well as detailed participation attrition analysis.…”

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Adolescents’ Relationships With Important Adults: Exploring This Novel Protective Factor Against Interpersonal Violence Victimization and Perpetration

Mauer

Waterman

Edwards

et al. 2021

J Interpers Violence

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Despite the increasing influence of peers during adolescence, adults continue to play a significant role in impacting the lives of adolescents. Adolescents’ relationships with caring adults are associated with a host of positive outcomes, including improved psychosocial, educational, and behavioral outcomes, and reduced problem behaviors. However, research has not explored the influence of relationships with caring adults on adolescent interpersonal violence (AIV) risk. The aim of this paper was to examine the associations between the presence of an important adult (i.e., an adult youth can go to if they need help with a problem or decision) and youth reports of AIV victimization and perpetration. Participants included 2,173 youth (53.5% female, 76.0% White) in grades 7-10 who participated in a multiple baseline study of a youth-led sexual violence prevention project. Data from the second baseline survey were used to conduct eight binary logistic regression models to test the association between the presence of an important adult and each of the victimization and perpetration types (i.e., any, bullying, sexual harassment, sexual and dating violence). Results showed that youth who reported having an important adult reported significantly lower likelihood of reporting any victimization and perpetration, bullying victimization and perpetration, and harassment victimization and perpetration. There were no significant associations between the presence of an important adult and sexual and dating violence victimization and perpetration. Given the potential for relationships with important adults to protect against some forms of AIV victimization and perpetration, prevention strategies should include connecting youth with important, caring adults and training such adults to help promote attitudinal and behavior shifts that foster AIV prevention.

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“…These data are part of a larger quasi‐experimental, multiple baseline study to evaluate a youth‐led sexual violence prevention project (Edwards et al, in press). The study took place in a midsized city in the northern Great Plains region of the United States.…”

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“…Furthermore, given the large presence of Native American youth in the community in which the initiative took place, Lakota culture and traditions were integrated throughout various programming components. For further details, including results, see Banyard et al (in press) and Edwards et al (in press).…”

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“…See Edwards et al (in press) for more study protocol details, eligibility and participation by wave, as well as detailed participation attrition analysis. In general, younger students and White students were more likely to complete subsequent surveys, whereas male students, students of color, and students who reported some forms of victimization were less likely to take subsequent surveys.…”

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Youth perceptions of prevention norms and peer violence perpetration and victimization: A prospective analysis

Waterman

Banyard

Edwards

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The purpose of the current study is to prospectively examine the extent to which social norms perceptions regarding commitment to ending sexual violence are associated with subsequent peer victimization and perpetration experiences. Two types of social norms perceptions were examined: 1) peer norms (perceptions of norms among other students in their city), and 2) adult norms (perceptions of norms among adults in their city). Participants were 1259 middle and high school youth from a single school district (three high schools and five middle schools) who completed online surveys at two‐time points, 6 months apart. Adolescents for whom perceptions of peer norms were one standard deviation or more above and below the mean of actual norms were “over‐perceivers” and “under‐perceivers,” respectively. Overperceivers overestimated their peers' commitment to ending sexual violence, whereas underperceivers underestimated their peers' commitment to ending sexual violence. Other adolescents were “accurate perceivers”; these adolescents were accurate in their estimation of their peers' commitment to ending sexual violence. In general, underperceivers (22.2% of the sample) were more likely than accurate perceivers (77.8% of the sample) to subsequently experience peer‐to‐peer perpetration and victimization. Adolescents who perceived adults to have a higher commitment to ending sexual violence were less likely to report subsequent perpetration and victimization for some forms of peer‐to‐peer violence. These findings highlight the potential promise of the social norms approaches to prevent peer‐to‐peer violence among youth which aligns with increasing calls in the field to integrate these approaches into comprehensive sexual violence prevention.

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Evaluating the Impact of a Youth-Led Sexual Violence Prevention Program: Youth Leadership Retreat Outcomes

Cited by 23 publications

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Exposure to a youth-led sexual violence prevention program among adolescents: The impact of engagement.

Exposure to a youth-led sexual violence prevention program among adolescents: The impact of engagement.

Adolescents’ Relationships With Important Adults: Exploring This Novel Protective Factor Against Interpersonal Violence Victimization and Perpetration

Youth perceptions of prevention norms and peer violence perpetration and victimization: A prospective analysis

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