TABLE 2.
Sessions and goals.
Session | Goals |
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Session 1 | - Increase awareness of power-based personal
violence and its prevalence among teens - Correct students’ misperceptions of peer beliefs about sexual violence and bystander responsibility - Increase empathy towards victims of sexual violence |
Session 2 | - Increase students’ awareness of
non-verbal communication skills and personal boundaries - Increase knowledge of what constitutes sexual harassment and sexual assault - Increase knowledge of consent - Increase knowledge of options for reporting sexual violence - Increase awareness of alcohol -related risk for sexual victimization and aggression - Increase students’ likelihood to intervene as active bystanders to address risk - Increase identification of risk factors for sexual violence |
Session 3 (Boys) | - Decrease peer pressure to engage in sexual
activity - Debunk misperceptions of the commonality of false accusations of sexual violence, and increase awareness of how labeling an accusation as “false” contributes to victim blaming - Decrease ascription to rape myths - Increase knowledge and understanding of consent, and discuss strategies to give and gamer it |
Session 3 (Girls) | - Increase awareness of psychological barriers
to assessing, acknowledging, and responding to risk - Increase knowledge of perpetrator tactics and characteristics - Increase skills for responding to risky situations - Increase self-efficacy in responding to risk |
Session 4 | - Decrease barriers to engaging in bystander
intervention - Increate intentions to intervene to address violence - Increase awareness of positive school norms |