Validity for an Integrated Laboratory Analogue of Sexual Aggression and Bystander Intervention

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic J. Parrott ◽  
Andra Teten Tharp ◽  
Kevin M. Swartout ◽  
Cameron A. Miller ◽  
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall ◽  
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Sexual Abuse ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-243
Author(s):  
Dominic J. Parrott ◽  
Kevin M. Swartout ◽  
Andra Teten Tharp ◽  
Danielle M. Purvis ◽  
Volkan Topalli

This study evaluated a mechanism by which men’s self-efficacy to intervene increases their likelihood of preventing a laboratory analogue of sexual aggression (SA) via specific verbalizations and whether alcohol inhibits this mechanism. A sample of 78 male peer dyads were randomly assigned to consume an alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage and complete a laboratory paradigm to assess bystander intervention to prevent SA toward a female who had ostensibly consumed an alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage. Participants’ verbalizations during the task were subjected to quantitative analysis. Regardless of alcohol use, bystander self-efficacy increased the likelihood of successful bystander intervention via participants’ use of more prosocial verbalizations. Findings highlight prosocial verbalizations within the male peer context that may effectively prevent SA.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic J. Parrott ◽  
Kevin M. Swartout ◽  
Andra Teten Tharp ◽  
Danielle M. Purvis ◽  
Volkan Topalli

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-101
Author(s):  
Sarah Becker ◽  
Justine E. Tinkler

In this article, we use 198 interviews with young men and women to explore how they define and negotiate boundaries of unwanted sexual contact in public drinking settings. Men and women’s contrasting experiences reveal that in bars and nightclubs, sexual aggression against women is routine and typically involves physical threat. For men, however, consensual and nonaggressive contact can register as problematic when disruptive to men’s control of heterosexual interactions. Men’s aggression toward other men who disrupt their access to women is cause and consequence of women’s sexual aggression experiences being less visible. We contribute to sexual assault literature by illustrating how heterosexual power dynamics—specifically, disproportionate visibility and defense of men’s desires—shape tolerance of barroom sexual aggression, discourage bystander intervention, and set the stage for more serious forms of assault to occur and go unpunished.


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