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This article<\/a> in Psychological Science in the Public Interest<\/em> provides a dramatic illustration of the gap that can exist between attitude change and behavior change. Its authors meta-analyzed the results of 224 programs for the primary prevention of sexual violence and concluded that although these programs succeeded in changing men’s attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge in a positive direction, they failed to produce reductions in victimization or perpetration. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article in Psychological Science in the Public Interest provides a dramatic illustration of the gap that can exist between attitude change and behavior change. 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