Resource Library for Students
View specific Step UP! resources by following a link below, or scroll down for all resources:
- General Step UP! Bystander Intervention Information
- Additional Scenarios by Topic
- Resources by Topic
- Videos
- References
General Step UP! Bystander Intervention Information
View general bystander intervention information including materials from Step UP! training:
Additional Scenarios by Topic
View additional scenarios by topic:
- Academics
- Alcohol and Alcohol Poisoning
- Anger
- Depression
- Discrimination
- Disordered Eating
- Gambling
- Hazing
- Relationship Abuse
- Sexual Assault
Resources by Topic
View resources by topic:
- Academics
- Alcohol and Alcohol Poisoning
- Anger
- Depression
- Discrimination
- Disordered Eating
- Gambling
- Hazing
- Relationship Abuse
- Sexual Assault
Videos
Create a Caring Community: Step UP! Video
Step UP! Program Overview
View the following videos for Step UP! program and related bystander invervention stories. Video links may take you out of the Step UP! website and to other sites where there are links and comments not affiliated with Step UP!
- Awareness Test
YouTube - Ben's Bells - The Power of Kindness
NBC Nightly News - Bystander Effect — People Watch Girl Being Abducted
NBC Today - 1 is 2 Many - PSA on Domestic Violence
YouTube - Bystander Effect - No one helps as 15 year old is gang raped in Califormia
CNN - Bystanders Lift Burning Car
YouTube - "Snack Man" - A great example of creative intervention!
YouTube - Video of a man being beaten and robbed with others watching
YouTube
- Obedience to Authority - Security Guards watch beating b/c they are told to only "observe and report"
USA Today - Chilling Video of Hit-and-Run Accident Released
MSNBC / Associated Press - Don Imus Fired for Racist Comments About Basketball Players
MSNBC / YouTube
- Philip Zombardo Shows How People Become Monsters... or Heroes
TED - The Smoke-Filled Room Study (Bystander Diffusion of Responsibility)
YouTube - Stanford Prisoner Experiment: How Roles Can Affect Our Attitudes and Behaviors
Stanford University / YouTube - Tape Shows Woman Dying on Waiting Room Floor
CNN - What Would You Do?
ABC News Feature with John Quiñones - Who Are You?
Put yourself at this party - what actions would you take - and when?
See what others are doing!
University of Arizona Campus Health
University of Arizona Men Against Sexual Assault
University of Arizona - Collaboration with Ben's Bells
(Be Kind. Step UP!)
References
The following references are useful for the Step UP! program and bystander intervention:
- Alan Berkowitz - www.alanberkowitz.com
- Allan, E.J., & Madden, M.M. (2008) - Hazing In View – College Students at Risk
- Aronson, E., Wilson, T., & Akert, R. Social Psychology (4th ed.).
- Asch Conformity Study. Opinions and Social Pressure
www.panarchy.org/asch/social.pressure.1955.html. - Bandura, A. (2002). Selective moral disengagement in the exercise of moral agency. Journal of Moral Education, 31, 2.
- Banyard, V.L., Moynihan, M.M., & Plante, E.G. (2007). Sexual violence prevention through bystander education: An experimental evaluation. Journal of Community Psychology, 35, 463-481.
- Dovidio, J. F., Piliavin, J. A., Schroeder, D. A., & Penner, L. A. (2006). The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- FBI Uniform Crime Report. www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm.
- Firth, G. & Manzo, L. (2004). For the Athlete: Alcohol and Athletic Performance. University of Notre Dame.
- Janssen J. (2004). The Team Captain’s Leadership Manual. www.jeffjanssen.com.
- Kadison, R., & Foy Di Geronimo, T., (2005). College of the Overwhelmed: The Campus Mental Health Crisis and What To Do about It.
- Latané, B., & Darley, J. M. (1970). The unresponsive bystander: Why doesn’t he help? New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
- Lisak, David (2007). Webinar: The State of Campus Bystander Intervention Efforts.
Mentors in Violence Prevention - www.sportinsociety.org/mvp. - Milgram, S. (1974). Obedience to Authority: An experimental view. New York: Harper and Row.
- NCAA Guide. (2007). Building New Traditions - Hazing Prevention in College Athletics. www.ncaa.org/health-safety.
- NCAA Coaches Handbook. (2007). Managing the Female Triad. www.ncaa.org/health-safety.
- NCAA Guide. (2007). Managing Student-Athletes’ Mental Health Issues. www.ncaa.org/health-safety.
- NCAA Guide. (2006). Study of Substance Use of College Student Athletes. www.ncaa.org/health-safety.
- Response Ability - www.RAProject.org.





