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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Control Group and Intervention Group Participants

From: Concerned friends of intimate partner violence survivors: results from the myPlan randomized controlled trial on college campuses

 

Control

N = 147

 N (%)

Intervention

N = 146

 N (%)

Total

N = 293

 N (%)

p-value*

Participant “Concerned Friend” Characteristics

    

Woman

115 (78.8)

110 (76.4)

225 (77.6)

0.883

Age (mean, SD)

20.36 (1.67)

20.54 (1.87)

20.45 (1.77)

0.414

Race/ethnicity

    

White

93 (62.8)

71 (49.3)

164 (56.2)

0.020

Black

29 (19.6)

23 (16.0)

52 (17.8)

0.419

Asian

26 (17.6)

29 (20.1)

55 (18.8)

0.574

More than one race

18 (12.6)

9 (6.9)

27 (9.2)

0.113

Hispanic

26 (17.6)

22 (15.3)

48 (16.4)

0.616

College Status

   

0.225

Freshman

29 (19.9)

30 (21.0)

59 (20.4)

 

Sophomore

45 (30.8)

44 (30.8)

89 (30.8)

 

Junior

27 (18.5)

33 (23.1)

60 (20.8)

 

Senior

42 (28.8)

28 (19.6)

70 (24.2)

 

Graduate Student

3 (2.1)

8 (5.6)

11 (3.8)

 

Type of College

   

0.933

Two-year Technical or CC

24 (18.1)

25 (18.5)

49 (18.3)

 

Four-year state college or university

51 (38.3)

49 (36.3)

100 (37.3)

 

Four-year private college or university

58 (43.6)

61 (45.2)

119 (44.4)

 

Living on campus

53 (40.4)

58 (45.0)

111 (42.6)

0.755

IPV Exposures

    

Experienced IPV from a boyfriend/girlfriend

46 (31.1)

41 (28.5)

87 (29.8)

0.626

Abusive to a boyfriend/girlfriend

11 (7.4)

8 (5.6)

19 (6.5)

0.516

Witness IPV between parents/caregivers

50 (33.8)

65 (45.1)

115 (39.4)

0.047

Abused by a parent/caregiver as a child

20 (13.5)

25 (17.4)

45 (15.4)

0.363

Characteristics of Woman Friend in Unsafe Relationship

    

Type of Friend

   

0.145

Close Friend

55 (37.9)

73 (51.4)

128 (44.6)

 

Best Friend

55 (37.9)

44 (31.0)

99 (34.5)

 

Casual/other Friend

35 (24.1)

25 (17.6)

60 (20.9)

 

Age (mean, SD)

20.36 (2.07)

20.99 (3.03)

20.67 (2.60)

0.045

Relationship status

   

0.357

Boyfriend/girlfriend

60 (41.1)

53 (37.1)

113 (39.1)

 

Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend

59 (40.4)

64 (44.8)

123 (42.6)

 

Casual/hookup/friends with benefits

17 (11.6)

11 (7.7)

28 (9.7)

 

Other/Don’t know

10 (5.4)

15 (10.5)

25 (87)

 

Lives with partner or spends most nights with them

46 (31.7)

53 (37.1)

96 (33.3)

0.232

  1. *Based on t-test or chi-square