ABSTRACT
The United States is not alone in its consideration of how to encourage bystanders to take an active, prosocial role. This might unintentionally undermine one of the primary goals of active bystander training, which is to increase and diversify the range of strategies that feel available. Active bystander training and behavior also provides opportunities for peers to affirm prosocial values with one another. Active bystander training should be included as one of multiple approaches to the various risk-related behaviors it is meant to affect. Active bystander training should be designed in such a way as to benefit from the advantages of active problem-based learning. Consider acceptable compromises in duration and dosage of active bystander training. For example, once active bystander training becomes adopted on a campus, transports to the hospital for alcohol overconsumption might increase, as peers are more able to recognize a situation as dangerous and also be willing to call for help.
