title: The evaluation of a sexual assault risk reduction program: a multisite investigation.
abstract: This article summarizes the results of the Ohio University Sexual Assault Risk Reduction Project, which is a program designed to reduce college women's risk for sexual assault. The program was evaluated at 2 separate universities with 762 women. Participants were randomly assigned either to the program or to the no-treatment comparison group, and they completed measures that assessed sexual victimization, dating behaviors, sexual communication, and rape empathy at the pretest and at the 2-month and 6-month follow-ups. At the 2-month follow-up, there were no differences between the groups on any of the outcome measures. However, those women who were moderately victimized during the 2-month follow-up were significantly less likely to be revictimized during the 6-month follow-up period if they participated in the program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ohio University Athens 45701, USA. gidycz@ohio.edu
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gidycz
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lynn
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Rich
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Marioni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Blackwell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stafford
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fite
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pashdag
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D003142:Communication; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011897:Random Allocation; D011902:Rape / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors