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A Successful Sexual Assault Resistance Program Also Reduced Intimate Partner Violence.
Paula C Barata1, Tanja Samardzic1, Misha Eliasziw2
1University of Guelph, ON, Canada.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
|August 26, 2024
Summary
The Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act (EAAA) program, designed for sexual assault (SA) resistance, significantly reduced intimate partner violence (IPV) risk by 54.4% in university women. This demonstrates the program's effectiveness in preventing gender-based violence.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Gender-Based Violence Research
- Violence Prevention Programs
Background:
- Intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault (SA) share commonalities, yet prevention programs rarely assess impact on both.
- Existing SA resistance programs may offer broader benefits for violence reduction.
- University-aged women are a key demographic for violence prevention interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate if the Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act (EAAA) Sexual Assault Resistance program reduces subsequent intimate partner violence (IPV) in university women.
- To determine the generalizability of a sexual assault resistance program to intimate partner violence prevention.
Main Methods:
- A substudy of the Sexual Assault Resistance Education (SARE) randomized controlled trial.
- 153 university women completed an additional survey assessing IPV using the Composite Abuse Scale.
- Comparison of 1-year IPV risk between the EAAA program group and the control group.
Main Results:
- The 1-year risk of IPV was 26.8% in the control group (93 new relationships, 66 women).
- The 1-year risk of IPV was 12.2% in the EAAA program group (113 new relationships, 87 women).
- The EAAA program significantly reduced the 1-year risk of IPV by 54.4% (p = .037).
Conclusions:
- The EAAA program is effective in reducing the risk of intimate partner violence.
- Programming targeting foundational aspects of gender-based violence can be generalizable.
- Interventions for sexual assault resistance may have broader impacts on preventing multiple forms of violence against women.
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