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Bystander intervention efficacy to reduce teen dating violence among high school youth who did and did not witness parental partner violence : a path analysis of a cluster RCT Annelise Mennicke, Heather M. Bush, Candace J. Brancato and Ann L. Coker

By: Mennicke, Annelise.
Contributor(s): Bush, Heather M | Brancato, Candace J | Coker, Anne L.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleSeries: Journal of Family Violence.Publisher: Springer, 2021Subject(s): ADOLESCENT RELATIONSHIP ABUSE | ADOLESCENTS | ATTITUDES | BEHAVIOUR CHANGE | CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE | DATING VIOLENCE | PREVENTION | PROGRAMMES | RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS | SCHOOLS | YOUNG PEOPLE | INTERNATIONAL | UNITED STATESOnline resources: DOI: 10.1007/s10896-021-00297-y (Open access) In: Journal of Family Violence, 2021, Advance online publication, 29 June 2021Summary: Youth who witness parental intimate partner violence (IPV) are at increased risk of teen dating violence (DV). This analysis of secondary data investigated whether a bystander intervention program, Green Dot, was effective at reducing physical and psychological DV victimization and perpetration among youth who had and had not previously witnessed parental IPV. The parent RCT assigned 13 schools to control and 13 schools to the Green Dot intervention. Responses from 71,797 individual surveys that were completed by high school students were analyzed across three phases of a 5-year cluster randomized control trial. Multigroup path analyses revealed that students in intervention schools who witnessed parental IPV had a reduction in psychological (p < .001) and physical DV (p < .01) perpetration and psychological DV victimization (p < .01) in Phase 2 of the intervention, while those who did not witness parental IPV had a significant reduction in psychological DV victimization (p < .01). Individuals in the intervention received more training (p < .001), which was associated with lower levels of violence acceptance (p < .001). Violence acceptance was positively associated with DV victimization and perpetration (p < .001), especially for individuals who previously witnessed parental IPV. Green Dot is an effective program at reducing DV victimization and perpetration among the high-risk group of youth who previously witnessed parental IPV, largely operating through violence acceptance norms. This underscores the bystander intervention approach as both a targeted and universal prevention program. (Authors' abstract). Record #7220
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Journal of Family Violence, 2021, Advance online publication, 29 June 2021.

Youth who witness parental intimate partner violence (IPV) are at increased risk of teen dating violence (DV). This analysis of secondary data investigated whether a bystander intervention program, Green Dot, was effective at reducing physical and psychological DV victimization and perpetration among youth who had and had not previously witnessed parental IPV. The parent RCT assigned 13 schools to control and 13 schools to the Green Dot intervention. Responses from 71,797 individual surveys that were completed by high school students were analyzed across three phases of a 5-year cluster randomized control trial. Multigroup path analyses revealed that students in intervention schools who witnessed parental IPV had a reduction in psychological (p < .001) and physical DV (p < .01) perpetration and psychological DV victimization (p < .01) in Phase 2 of the intervention, while those who did not witness parental IPV had a significant reduction in psychological DV victimization (p < .01). Individuals in the intervention received more training (p < .001), which was associated with lower levels of violence acceptance (p < .001). Violence acceptance was positively associated with DV victimization and perpetration (p < .001), especially for individuals who previously witnessed parental IPV. Green Dot is an effective program at reducing DV victimization and perpetration among the high-risk group of youth who previously witnessed parental IPV, largely operating through violence acceptance norms. This underscores the bystander intervention approach as both a targeted and universal prevention program. (Authors' abstract). Record #7220