Empowerment Self-Defense Prevents Rape: A Response to Kettrey et  al.’s Meta-Analysis

As sexual violence prevention researchers with expertise in empowerment self-defense approaches, we believe that Kettrey et  al.’s [1] 2023 article, Effects of Campus Sexual Assault Prevention Programs on Attitudes and Behaviors Among American College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, contains methodological errors that lead to inaccurate conclusions about the state of the evidence on self-defense for s exual violence prevention.

Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - December 14, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Jocelyn A. Hollander, Katie M. Edwards, Martha McCaughey, Jill Cermele, Sarah E. Ullman, Charlene Y. Senn, Brieanne Beaujolais, Lindsay M. Orchowski, Sarah M. Peitzmeier Tags: Letter to the editor Source Type: research