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Article

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

by
Sylvie Pires
1,*,
Hélène Denizot
1,2,
Abdel Halim Boudoukha
3,
Julie Mennuti
1,
Cécile Miele
2,
Catherine Potard
3,
Gaëlle Riquoir
4,
Pierre-Michel Llorca
5,
Valentin Flaudias
3 and
Laurent Gerbaud
4
1
CRIAVS ARA, Délégation de Clermont-Ferrand, Pôle Santé Publique, CHU Gabriel Montpied, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
2
Pôle de Psychiatrie B, CHU Gabriel Montpied, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
3
Nantes Université, Univ Angers, Laboratoire de psychologie des Pays de la Loire, LPPL, UR 4638, 44000 Nantes, France
4
Service de Santé Publique, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS-UMR 6602, Institut Pascal, Axe TGI, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France
5
Pôle de Psychiatrie B, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS-UMR 6602, Institut Pascal, Axe TGI, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(6), 5198; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065198
Submission received: 16 February 2023 / Revised: 9 March 2023 / Accepted: 13 March 2023 / Published: 15 March 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Mental Health)
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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.
Keywords: sexual violence; prevention; trauma; students; life skills sexual violence; prevention; trauma; students; life skills

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Pires, S.; Denizot, H.; Boudoukha, A.H.; Mennuti, J.; Miele, C.; Potard, C.; Riquoir, G.; Llorca, P.-M.; Flaudias, V.; Gerbaud, L. Selflife: A Life Skills Development Tool to Prevent Sexual Violence among Healthcare Students. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 5198. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065198

AMA Style

Pires S, Denizot H, Boudoukha AH, Mennuti J, Miele C, Potard C, Riquoir G, Llorca P-M, Flaudias V, Gerbaud L. Selflife: A Life Skills Development Tool to Prevent Sexual Violence among Healthcare Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(6):5198. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065198

Chicago/Turabian Style

Pires, Sylvie, Hélène Denizot, Abdel Halim Boudoukha, Julie Mennuti, Cécile Miele, Catherine Potard, Gaëlle Riquoir, Pierre-Michel Llorca, Valentin Flaudias, and Laurent Gerbaud. 2023. "Selflife: A Life Skills Development Tool to Prevent Sexual Violence among Healthcare Students" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 6: 5198. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065198

APA Style

Pires, S., Denizot, H., Boudoukha, A. H., Mennuti, J., Miele, C., Potard, C., Riquoir, G., Llorca, P.-M., Flaudias, V., & Gerbaud, L. (2023). Selflife: A Life Skills Development Tool to Prevent Sexual Violence among Healthcare Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(6), 5198. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065198

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