Concerned friends of intimate partner violence survivors: results from the myPlan randomized controlled trial on college campuses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nearly half of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors experience their first abusive relationship at college age (18-24 years). Most often they disclose the violence to friends. Existing college campus "bystander" interventions training peers to safely intervene have been effective in sexual assault prevention; similar interventions have rarely been tested for IPV. Therefore, we evaluated the effectiveness of an interactive, personalized safety decision and planning tool, myPlan app, on decisional conflict, decisional preparedness, confidence in intervening, supportive safety behaviors, and IPV attitudes with concerned friends of abused college women.

Methods

We recruited college students (age 18-24, N = 293) of any gender who had a female-identified friend who

SUBMITTER: Bloom TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10230789 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature