The purpose of this study was to: (1) evaluate the promise of concept mapping for generating the conceptual domain and attributions of feasibility, effectiveness, and community support across two points in time; and (2) to determine if and how community narratives may shift over time with exposure to community-level prevention initiatives. The study employed concept mapping methodology to learn how two towns in rural New England perceived domestic and sexual violence first in 2016 with no community intervention, and again in 2018 after implementing Green Dot Community, a community-level DSV prevention initiative. Samples were comprised of adults who had resided in their respective town for at least one year. This exploratory study found that over time, collective efficacy seemed to increase, with participants coming to view it as the responsibility of sectors throughout the community to address DSV. Social norms promoting that “DSV is not tolerated” and that “everyone has a role to play” in preventing DSV also seemed to increase, with strategies becoming more comprehensive, collaborative, and focused on primary prevention. Study findings may be attributable to Green Dot Community implementation given the correspondence of findings to intended program effects. However alternative explanations remain plausible and are discussed. This study offers a starting point for evaluating community-level prevention initiatives using concept mapping methodology. Future studies can learn from the methodological limitations presented here to produce more definitive findings when applying this method to address social problems in communities.

本研究的目的是：（1）评估概念映射在两个时间点上生成概念域的前景以及可行性、有效性和社区支持的属性；(2) 确定是否以及如何随着时间的推移，社区的叙述可能会随着社区一级预防举措的出现而发生变化。该研究采用概念映射方法来了解新英格兰农村的两个城镇如何在没有社区干预的情况下于 2016 年首次了解家庭暴力和性暴力，并在 2018 年实施了社区级 DSV 预防计划 Green Dot Community 后再次了解。样本由在各自城镇居住至少一年的成年人组成。这项探索性研究发现，随着时间的推移，集体效率似乎有所提高，参与者开始将其视为整个社区部门应对 DSV 的责任。提倡“不容忍 DSV”和“每个人都可以发挥作用”在预防 DSV 方面的社会规范似乎也在增加，策略变得更加全面，协作，并专注于初级预防。鉴于调查结果与预期计划效果的对应关系，研究结果可能归因于绿点社区的实施。然而，其他解释仍然合理并进行了讨论。本研究为使用概念映射方法评估社区级预防举措提供了一个起点。未来的研究可以从这里介绍的方法学局限性中学习，以在应用这种方法解决社区中的社会问题时产生更明确的发现。本研究为使用概念映射方法评估社区级预防举措提供了一个起点。未来的研究可以从这里介绍的方法学局限性中学习，以在应用这种方法解决社区中的社会问题时产生更明确的发现。本研究为使用概念映射方法评估社区级预防举措提供了一个起点。未来的研究可以从这里介绍的方法学局限性中学习，以在应用这种方法解决社区中的社会问题时产生更明确的发现。