A Scoping Review of Educational Interventions to Increase Prosociality against Gender-Based Violence in University Bystanders

Maria Villalonga-Aragón, Manuel Martí-Vilar (), César Merino-Soto () and Lizley Tantalean-Terrones
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Maria Villalonga-Aragón: Departamento de Psicología Básica, Universitat de València, Avgda. Blasco Ibañez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Manuel Martí-Vilar: Departamento de Psicología Básica, Universitat de València, Avgda. Blasco Ibañez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain
César Merino-Soto: Instituto de Investigación de Psicología, Universidad San Martín de Porres, Lima 34, Peru
Lizley Tantalean-Terrones: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima 15088, Peru

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 7, 1-22

Abstract: Gender-based violence represents a problem of public interest with a high prevalence on university campuses, which has intensified the preventive strategy for potential victims. However, the prosocial action of the viewer provides a promising alternative to mitigate its incidence. This study analyzes preventive interventions based on gender-based violence towards university viewers as a basis for future proven and sensitive implementation processes of intercultural adaptation. The Scoping review process was implemented based on the Arksey and O’Malley methodology (aligned with the Cochrane manual), with subsequent reporting of results according to the PRISMA guide. In total, 15 articles finally met the selection criteria in the databases: WOS, Scopus, ERIC, PsycINFO, Embase, and PubMed, with specific descriptors. Despite the heterogeneity in the types of intervention and the study variables, the intervention and the results are described, and it is highlighted that they were effective for most of the proposed objectives, such as the decrease in the perpetration of sexual violence, the increase in prosocial behavior, and the recognition of forms of violence. The great value of these preventive interventions is concluded, and the diversity of these strategies implemented in parallel and continuously would have a lasting impact in higher education contexts.

Keywords: prevention; intervention; gender-based violence; intimate partner violence; programs; university students; bystanders; Scoping review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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