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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Violence Vict. 2021 Apr 1;36(2):320–336. doi: 10.1891/VV-D-20-00060

TABLE 5.

Comparing Frequency of Immediate Bystander Strategies by Gender (N = 121)

Men N = 60 Women N = 61 Chi-Square Test (df = 1) Phi Coefficient
Do nothing 10 (16.7%) 5 (8.2%) 2.00 −.129
Engage others* 1 (1.7%) 7 (11.5%) 4.71* .197
 Authorities 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Peers 0 (0%) 3 (4.9%)
 Ambiguous 1 (1.7%) 4 (6.6%)
Verbally intervene 32 (53.3%) 25 (41.0%) 1.85 −.124
 Check in 1 (1.7%) 6 (9.8%)
 Confront 31 (51.7%) 19 (31.1%)
Physically intervene** 8 (13.3%) 25 (41.0%) 11.66** .310
 Distance 6 (10.0%) 23 (37.7%)
 Confront 3 (5.0%) 8 (13.1%)
Other 3 (5.0%) 8 (13.1%) 2.41 .141
Ambiguous 14 (23.3%) 8 (13.1%) 2.12 −.132

Note. df = degrees of freedom.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.