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Selflife : A Life Skills Development Tool to Prevent Sexual Violence among Healthcare Students

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  • Sylvie Pires

    (CRIAVS ARA, Délégation de Clermont-Ferrand, Pôle Santé Publique, CHU Gabriel Montpied, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France)

  • Hélène Denizot

    (CRIAVS ARA, Délégation de Clermont-Ferrand, Pôle Santé Publique, CHU Gabriel Montpied, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Pôle de Psychiatrie B, CHU Gabriel Montpied, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France)

  • Abdel Halim Boudoukha

    (Nantes Université, Univ Angers, Laboratoire de psychologie des Pays de la Loire, LPPL, UR 4638, 44000 Nantes, France)

  • Julie Mennuti

    (CRIAVS ARA, Délégation de Clermont-Ferrand, Pôle Santé Publique, CHU Gabriel Montpied, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France)

  • Cécile Miele

    (Pôle de Psychiatrie B, CHU Gabriel Montpied, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France)

  • Catherine Potard

    (Nantes Université, Univ Angers, Laboratoire de psychologie des Pays de la Loire, LPPL, UR 4638, 44000 Nantes, France)

  • Gaëlle Riquoir

    (Service de Santé Publique, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS-UMR 6602, Institut Pascal, Axe TGI, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France)

  • Pierre-Michel Llorca

    (Pôle de Psychiatrie B, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS-UMR 6602, Institut Pascal, Axe TGI, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France)

  • Valentin Flaudias

    (Nantes Université, Univ Angers, Laboratoire de psychologie des Pays de la Loire, LPPL, UR 4638, 44000 Nantes, France)

  • Laurent Gerbaud

    (Service de Santé Publique, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS-UMR 6602, Institut Pascal, Axe TGI, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France)

Abstract

Background: in France, 14.5% of women and 3.9% of men aged 20–69 years have experienced sexual violence. Of these, 40% will go on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder. Sexual violence is therefore a major public health issue. In the present study, we tested a life skills development tool ( Selflife ) designed to prevent sexual violence in a population of healthcare students. Methods: a total of 225 French healthcare students were randomly divided into a control group using case studies ( n = 114) and a group using Selflife ( n = 111) to discuss the topic of sexual violence. After the session, they completed self-report questionnaires collecting sociodemographic data and probing their feelings about their participation, their life skills, and their verdict on the intervention. Results: compared with controls, participants in the Selflife group reported gaining more knowledge about sexual violence, a greater sense of improving their life skills, and greater satisfaction with the intervention. Conclusions: these results suggest that, in addition to providing information about sexual violence, Selflife helped students develop their life skills, thereby empowering them to act when confronted with sexual violence. Its impact on prevalence and on the psychological and psychiatric consequences remains to be assessed.

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  • Sylvie Pires & Hélène Denizot & Abdel Halim Boudoukha & Julie Mennuti & Cécile Miele & Catherine Potard & Gaëlle Riquoir & Pierre-Michel Llorca & Valentin Flaudias & Laurent Gerbaud, 2023. "Selflife : A Life Skills Development Tool to Prevent Sexual Violence among Healthcare Students," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(6), pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:6:p:5198-:d:1098301
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