Bystander perceptions: Implications for university sexual assault prevention programs

Violence and Victims

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 563-579

  Koelsch, Lori E ^a   Brown, Amy L ^b   Boisen, Leah ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bystander intervention; College student parties; Qualitative research; Sexual assault prevention programs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867299023     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.27.4.563     Document Type: Article

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