University of Wisconsin - River Falls, Step Up choices survey, 2013 survey report

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences and attitudes of University of Wisconsin-River Falls students with regard to bystander intervention practices in four situations where the personal safety of another person is at risk:

1.Someone has had too much to drink 2. Hazing 3. Someone being taken advantage of sexually 4. Verbal mistreatment/harassment based on gender, race, class, sexual orientation, etc. The study was sponsored by the UW-River Falls Student Health Services. The questionnaire was adapted from the Step Up survey instrument developed by the University of Arizona and was used with permission.