title: Implications for sexual assault prevention: college students as prosocial bystanders.
abstract: Prosocial bystander interventions are promising approaches to sexual assault prevention on college campuses.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess bystander attitudes among undergraduate students at a northeastern university.
  
  
  METHODS
  A convenience sample of 188 students from 4 undergraduate classes was surveyed during regularly scheduled class sessions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed a short survey on bystander efficacy, readiness to change, and barriers to intervention prior to the start of class.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of students were not involved in activities or programs focused on sexual assault prevention. Although students agreed that violence could be prevented, they perceived many barriers to their own participation in intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a need for gender-targeted prevention programming that introduces the idea of prosocial bystander intervention, with a focus on increasing self-efficacy and lowering barriers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-4401, USA. dme56@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Deinera
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Exner
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cummings
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D011902:Rape / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D040241:Social Marketing; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult