TY - JOUR
T1 - Dating CAFE Ambassador Programme
T2 - Chinese College Students to Help Peers in Dating Violence
AU - Wong, Janet Yuen Ha
AU - Tang, Norita Ruby
AU - Yau, Jessie Ho Yin
AU - Choi, Anna Wai Man
AU - Fong, Daniel Yee Tak
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Society for Public Health Education.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Dating violence prevention programs have been understudied in Asia, including China. The current study sought to evaluate the feasibility of the Dating Compassion, Assessment, reFerral, and Education (CAFE) Ambassador Programme in China. This program is designed to enhance the behavioral intentions of Chinese students to help peers who are experiencing dating violence and to compare students’ attitudes toward dating violence, students’ subjective norms about helping peers, and students’ perceived behavioral control in helping peers before and after attending the 7.5 hour program. A quasi-experimental design was used, including two student groups (n = 85) assessed at baseline and 3-month follow-up. Quantitative pre- and postintervention measurements, in conjunction with qualitative focus group interviews, were used to evaluate the program’s effectiveness. The findings indicated a significant enhancement in the behavioral intentions of participants in the intervention group to help peers experiencing dating violence, a stronger subjective norm regarding helping others, and an enhanced sense of perceived behavioral control to help, compared with the control group, over time. Focus group data revealed that students who participated in the program developed a more comprehensive definition of dating violence, increased awareness of dating violence in peers, a shift in their focus concerning the role of intention in dating violence and felt more responsible for helping their peers. The findings support the effectiveness of the Dating CAFE Ambassador Programme.
AB - Dating violence prevention programs have been understudied in Asia, including China. The current study sought to evaluate the feasibility of the Dating Compassion, Assessment, reFerral, and Education (CAFE) Ambassador Programme in China. This program is designed to enhance the behavioral intentions of Chinese students to help peers who are experiencing dating violence and to compare students’ attitudes toward dating violence, students’ subjective norms about helping peers, and students’ perceived behavioral control in helping peers before and after attending the 7.5 hour program. A quasi-experimental design was used, including two student groups (n = 85) assessed at baseline and 3-month follow-up. Quantitative pre- and postintervention measurements, in conjunction with qualitative focus group interviews, were used to evaluate the program’s effectiveness. The findings indicated a significant enhancement in the behavioral intentions of participants in the intervention group to help peers experiencing dating violence, a stronger subjective norm regarding helping others, and an enhanced sense of perceived behavioral control to help, compared with the control group, over time. Focus group data revealed that students who participated in the program developed a more comprehensive definition of dating violence, increased awareness of dating violence in peers, a shift in their focus concerning the role of intention in dating violence and felt more responsible for helping their peers. The findings support the effectiveness of the Dating CAFE Ambassador Programme.
KW - bystanders
KW - dating violence
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - students
KW - university
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071521069&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1090198119867736
DO - 10.1177/1090198119867736
M3 - Article
C2 - 31431078
AN - SCOPUS:85071521069
SN - 1090-1981
VL - 46
SP - 981
EP - 990
JO - Health Education and Behavior
JF - Health Education and Behavior
IS - 6
ER -