TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - A qualitative study on friends and the social context of sexual victimization: implications for campus-based interventions
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Blayney, Jessica A.
A1  - Jenzer, Tiffany
A1  - Read, Jennifer P.
A1  - Livingston, Jennifer
A1  - Testa, Maria
A1  - Carroll, Quinn
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Sexual victimization (SV) risk can begin in social contexts, ones where friends are present, though it is unclear how friends might be integrated into SV prevention. Using focus groups, female college drinkers described (a) the role of friends in preventing SV, (b) the strategies friends use to reduce vulnerability, and (c) the barriers to implementation. Friends-based strategies (keeping tabs on one another, using signals to convey potential danger, interrupting escalating situations, taking responsibility for friends, relying on male friends) and barriers (intoxication, preoccupation, situation ambiguity, social consequences) were discussed. Interventions can draw on these strategies, but must address the critical barriers.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801220954277
ID  - ref1
ER  -