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  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Victoria L. Banyard is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research focuses on several areas within social sciences and psychology, with significant contributions to gender studies, health, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and general health professions.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media

Banyard has contributed articles to a variety of frequent publication venues, which include:

  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Prevention Science
  • Psychology of Violence
  • Journal of School Violence

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Banyard are:

  • Community actionists: Understanding adult bystanders to sexual and domestic violence prevention in communities, 2020, Psychology of Violence
  • Evaluating the Impact of a Youth-Led Sexual Violence Prevention Program: Youth Leadership Retreat Outcomes, 2022, Prevention Science
  • Applying the dual factor model of mental health to understanding protective factors in adolescence, 2020, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
  • Bystander Intervention as a Prevention Strategy for Campus Sexual Violence: Perceptions of Historically Minoritized College Students, 2020, Prevention Science
  • Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceptions of Health and Well-Being Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents and Emerging Adults, 2021, LGBT Health

Banyard has frequently collaborated with the following co-authors:

  • Katie M. Edwards
  • Emily A. Waterman
  • Kimberly J. Mitchell
  • Sherry Hamby
  • Michele L. Ybarra

In addition to journal articles, Banyard has contributed to book publications, including a title published by the American Psychological Association: Strengths-based prevention: Reducing violence and other public health problems. (2021)

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2008.

Best Publications

  • Sexual Violence Prevention through Bystander Education: An Experimental Evaluation.

    Victoria L. Banyard;Mary M. Moynihan;Elizabethe G. Plante

  • Bystander education: Bringing a broader community perspective to sexual violence prevention

    Victoria L. Banyard;Elizabethe G. Plante;Mary M. Moynihan

  • The long-term mental health consequences of child sexual abuse: An exploratory study of the impact of multiple traumas in a sample of women

    Victoria L. Banyard;Linda M. Williams;Jane A. Siegel

  • Consequences of teen dating violence: understanding intervening variables in ecological context.

    Victoria L. Banyard;Charlotte W. Cross

  • Measurement and correlates of prosocial bystander behavior: the case of interpersonal violence.

    Victoria L. Banyard

  • When Can I help? A Conceptual Framework for the Prevention of Sexual Violence Through Bystander Intervention:

    Sarah McMahon;Victoria L. Banyard

  • Who will help prevent sexual violence: Creating an ecological model of bystander intervention

    Victoria L. Banyard

  • The impact of complex trauma and depression on parenting: an exploration of mediating risk and protective factors.

    Victoria L. Banyard;Linda M. Williams;Jane A. Siegel

  • Variation in bystander behavior related to sexual and intimate partner violence prevention: Correlates in a sample of college students

    Victoria L. Banyard;Mary M. Moynihan

  • Physical Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Unwanted Pursuit Victimization A Comparison of Incidence Rates Among Sexual-Minority and Heterosexual College Students

    Katie M. Edwards;Kateryna M. Sylaska;Johanna E. Barry;Mary M. Moynihan

  • The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Family Functioning on Four Dimensions of Women's Later Parenting.

    Victoria L. Banyard

  • To Act or Not to Act, That Is the Question? Barriers and Facilitators of Bystander Intervention

    Sidney Bennett;Victoria L. Banyard;Lydia Garnhart

  • Unwanted sexual contact on campus: A comparison of women's and men's experiences

    Victoria L. Banyard;Sharon Ward;Ellen S. Cohn;E. G. Plante

  • The resilience portfolio model: Understanding healthy adaptation in victims of violence.

    John Grych;Sherry Hamby;Victoria Banyard

  • Community-Based Intervention for Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: An Efficacy Trial

    Sandra A. Graham-Bermann;Shannon Lynch;Victoria Banyard;Ellen R. DeVoe

  • A Gender Analysis of Theories of Coping with Stress

    Victoria L. Banyard;Sandra A. Graham-Bermann

  • Reducing Sexual Violence on Campus: The Role of Student Leaders as Empowered Bystanders

    Victoria L. Banyard;Mary M. Moynihan;Maria T. Crossman

  • The Powerful Potential of Qualitative Research for Community Psychology

    Victoria L. Banyard;Kenneth E. Miller

  • Disclosure and Service Use on a College Campus After an Unwanted Sexual Experience

    Wendy A. Walsh;Victoria L. Banyard;Mary M. Moynihan;Sally K. Ward

  • Resilience portfolios and poly-strengths: Identifying protective factors associated with thriving after adversity.

    Sherry L. Hamby;John H. Grych;Victoria Banyard

  • Document Title: Rape Prevention Through Bystander Education: Bringing a Broader Community Perspective to Sexual Violence Prevention

    Victoria L. Banyard;Elizabethe G. Plante;Mary M. Moynihan

Frequent Co-Authors

Katie M. Edwards
Katie M. Edwards University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Sherry Hamby
Sherry Hamby Sewanee: The University of the South
John H. Grych
John H. Grych Marquette University
Linda M. Williams
Linda M. Williams Wellesley College
Ernest N. Jouriles
Ernest N. Jouriles Southern Methodist University
Kimberly J. Mitchell
Kimberly J. Mitchell University of New Hampshire
Lisa A. Goodman
Lisa A. Goodman Boston College
Sandra A. Graham-Bermann
Sandra A. Graham-Bermann University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christine A. Gidycz
Christine A. Gidycz Ohio University
Renee McDonald
Renee McDonald Southern Methodist University

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