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  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Sexual violence prevention research has focused on primary prevention efforts since 1985.
  • Interventions have historically aimed to alter attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge regarding sexual violence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and analyze primary prevention strategies for sexual violence.
  • To evaluate the efficacy of interventions in changing attitudes and behaviors.
  • To identify trends and propose future directions in sexual violence prevention research.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of primary prevention efforts for sexual violence (1985-2018).
  • Meta-analysis to assess the relationship between changing attitudes/beliefs and behavior change.
  • Analysis of temporal trends in prevention strategies.

Main Results:

  • Many interventions successfully change attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge.
  • There is a weak or non-existent correlation between changing attitudes and reducing sexual violence perpetration or victimization.
  • A trend shift observed from targeting perpetration reduction to bystander intervention.

Conclusions:

  • Current primary prevention strategies focusing on changing ideas are largely ineffective in altering behavior.
  • Future interventions should be informed by behavior change theories and focus on sexually violent behavior as the primary outcome.
  • New measurement strategies for victimization and perpetration are needed.