Sexual Assault Training in the Military: Evaluating Efforts to End the “Invisible War”
dc.contributor.author | Holland, Kathryn J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Rabelo, Verónica Caridad | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cortina, Lilia M. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-01T18:50:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-01T18:50:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Holland, Kathryn J.; Rabelo, Verónica Caridad ; Cortina, Lilia M. (2014). "Sexual Assault Training in the Military: Evaluating Efforts to End the â Invisible Warâ ." American Journal of Community Psychology 54(3-4): 274-288. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0091-0562 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-2770 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/117230 | |
dc.description.abstract | Sexual assault is an insidious problem in the United States military. In 2005 the Department of Defense (DoD) created the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, which centralizes responsibility for sexual assault training. However, this training initiative has undergone little evaluation by outside researchers. Addressing this need, we analyzed responses from over 24,000 active duty personnel who completed the 2010 DoD Workplace and Gender Relations Survey. We assessed whether sexual assault training exposure (None, Minimal, Partial, or Comprehensive) predicted accurate knowledge of sexual assault resources and protocols. Using a social‐ecological framework, we investigated whether institutional and individual factors influenced Service members’ training exposure and judgment of training effectiveness. According to our results, exposure to comprehensive training predicted lower sexual assault incidence and superior knowledge. However, comprehensive training differed as a function of military branch, rank, gender, and sexual assault history. Judgments of training effectiveness also varied across these dimensions. Our results highlight the importance of considering context, gender, and victimization history when evaluating institutional efforts to end sexual violence. The DoD’s 2010 annual report on military sexual assault concluded that “most Active Duty members receive effective training on sexual assault” (p. 104). Our results cast doubt on that assertion. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Springer US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Military | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Training | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Program evaluation | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Military sexual trauma | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Sexual assault | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Workplace violence | en_US |
dc.title | Sexual Assault Training in the Military: Evaluating Efforts to End the “Invisible War” | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/117230/1/ajcp9672.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10464-014-9672-0 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | American Journal of Community Psychology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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