ABSTRACT

Universities have implemented a range of education programmes to address the problem of sexual violence on campus. While these programmes can improve the attitudes and behaviours that contribute to rape culture, little is known about the factors influencing students’ decisions to participate in such programmes. The aim of this study was to understand university students’ decisions about attending sexual violence prevention workshops. Focus groups or individual interviews were conducted with 28 students at a university in Aotearoa/New Zealand who had attended a prevention workshop (n = 11) or who had had the opportunity to attend (n = 17). Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data with a focus on barriers to students’ willingness to engage with sexual violence prevention education. Three themes were developed. Each theme concerned preconceived ideas about sexual violence that impacted students’ perceptions of and willingness to engage in sexual violence prevention. The three barriers consisted of perceptions concerning the relevance of programmes, participants’ perception that they already knew the content, and the impact of cultural ideas about gender and sexual violence. These findings have practical implications for the development and promotion of future campus sexual violence prevention programmes.

抽象的

大学已经实施了一系列教育计划，以解决校园中的性暴力问题。虽然这些计划可以改善有助于强奸文化的态度和行为，但对于影响学生决定参加此类计划的因素知之甚少。这项研究的目的是了解大学生有关参加预防性暴力讲习班的决定。在新西兰Aotearoa的一所大学对28名学生进行了焦点小组访谈或个人访谈，他们参加了预防讲习班（n = 11）或有机会参加（n = 17）。主题分析用于分析数据，重点关注阻碍学生进行性暴力预防教育的意愿的障碍。制定了三个主题。每个主题都涉及关于性暴力的先入为主的观念，这些观念影响了学生对预防性暴力的认识和意愿。这三个障碍包括对方案的相关性的看法，参与者对已经知道其内容的看法以及对性别和性暴力的文化观念的影响。这些发现对未来校园校园性暴力预防计划的制定和推广具有实际意义。