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UNDERSTANDING THE REPORTING BEHAVIOR OF
INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENT BYSTANDERS
IN SEXUAL ASSAULT SITUATIONS
by
Dori Lyn Hirata Fujimori
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Dori Lyn Hirata Fujimori
Object Description
| Title | Understanding the reporting behavior of international college student bystanders in sexual assault situations |
| Author | Hirata Fujimori, Dori Lyn |
| Author email | hiratafu@usc.edu; dorilyn@jaims.org |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-03-07 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Sundt, Melora A. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Brewer, Dominic J. Andres, Mary |
| Abstract | This study examined international college students at two institutions of higher education – a large research institution and a non-traditional management institution, with a majority of the sample being alumni from the latter. The purpose of the study was to provide data on the bystander characteristics and experiences of international college students in sexual assault situations.; A web-based survey was used to collect data from both institutions. Data were analyzed with quantitative methods. The analyses showed that about half the sample intervened correctly in sexual assault situations, although the majority of the participants were unclear about which reporting actions were helpful and which were not. Reporting behavior differed significantly by country groupings and by cultural identification. The majority of the sample studied in the United States for less than a year, and significantly more non-reporters studied in the United States for less than a year. Most of the participants indicated high levels of perceived English proficiency. About a fourth of the sample attended a sexual assault awareness program or utilized a counseling service. The most important facilitator to reporting was the option to report anonymously, followed by the ability of the participants to communicate the incident of sexual assault. The most influential barriers to reporting were the risks of personal harm and being negatively perceived by others. The most influential relationship facilitators to reporting were the participant being a friend or an acquaintance of the victim. |
| Keyword | bystander reporting; international students; sexual assault |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2007/2008 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2981 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Hirata Fujimori, Dori Lyn |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Fujimori-3569 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Fujimori-3569.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | UNDERSTANDING THE REPORTING BEHAVIOR OF INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENT BYSTANDERS IN SEXUAL ASSAULT SITUATIONS by Dori Lyn Hirata Fujimori A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2010 Copyright 2010 Dori Lyn Hirata Fujimori |
