Summary: A total of 1,195 undergraduate student participants from seven colleges and Universities took part in the study. The colleges and Universities were located across the US. The participants at each college/University were divided into three groups: a control group, a read only group, and a read and discuss group. The study found that only 21 percent of the study participants reported viewing the video that was sent to the participants via email. The researchers recommend active viewing to increase sexual misconduct policy dissemination. The researchers also found that the read and discuss group had the highest rate of increased knowledge regarding what constitutes sexual misconduct compared to the other two groups. Although there were increases in knowledge related to schools’ sexual misconduct policies, there were no changes in confidence related to where to seek help or other resources among all three groups. The researchers recommended that a discussion regarding campus administrators, students, and community resources should be included in dissemination plan for the misconduct policy.
Application/Evaluation: A control group and pre- and post-test measures were used by the researchers.
Limitations: Eleven participants identified as non-gender conforming and they were excluded from the study. Therefore, the findings are not generalizable to that population.