College students as helpful bystanders against sexual violence: Gender, race, and year in college moderate the impact of perceived peer norms

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 350-362

  Brown, Amy L ^a   Banyard, Victoria L ^b   Moynihan, Mary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bystander intervention; Prevention; Prosocial behavior; Social networks; Social norms; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927714147     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684314526855     Document Type: Article

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