Help Wanted: Evaluating a Prevention Intervention for People with Sexual Interest in Children

项目摘要 针对RFA-CE-20-005研究优先事项1，拟议的研究试图评估所需的帮助 预防干预，一种以成年男性为对象的理论和经验知情的预防干预 对孩子的性兴趣。干预包括一个介绍性的欢迎场所，五次培训课程 提供核心干预内容的资源页面，以及提供外部支持来源链接的资源页面。 帮助通缉预防干预的两个主要目标是防止儿童性虐待和 为寻求帮助的人提供工具，以更好地支持他们的福祉。拟议研究的目标是推进 证据基于儿童性虐待行为的初级预防。为此，我们建议：a) 评估求助者对儿童性虐待犯罪行为、打扮行为的影响，以及 犯罪倾向，以及对目标心理社会应激源的影响(例如，认知和态度， 应对技能、自我形象)与儿童性虐待行为有关；b)检查这些 作为潜在调解人和调解人的心理社会应激源；以及c)相应地修订干预措施 提高求助者的参与度和目标结果。拟议的研究分三个阶段进行。在……里面 第一阶段，我们将对所有研究程序进行贝塔测试，样本为10名成年男性。结果来自于 这一阶段将结合另一项研究的发现，为需要帮助的干预措施的修订提供信息。在第二阶段， 我们将通过使用等待名单设计进行随机对照试验来评估修订后的干预措施。 治疗组的参与者将被允许获得想要的帮助，并将在 招募(基线)、1个月(治疗后)和3个月(随访)。等待列表控件中的参与者 在等待1个月后，小组将获得寻求帮助的权限，在此期间，他们将获得时间- 注意控制干预。在1个月的等待期之后，等待名单控制组的参与者将 获得通缉帮助的权限。对等待名单控制组的评估在征聘时进行(基线)， 治疗后1个月(基线2)、治疗后1个月(治疗后)、治疗后3个月(随访)。在第三阶段， 我们根据随机对照研究的结果和求助者对会话满意度的评分进行第二次 帮助招聘干预措施的修订，并将招募10名成年人作为样本审查修订后的 干预。完成后，这个拟议的项目将是第一个严格评估在线， 专门为对儿童有性兴趣的成年人量身定做的预防干预措施。

Project Summary In response to RFA-CE-20-005 Research Priority 1, the proposed study seeks to evaluate the Help Wanted Prevention Intervention, a theoretically and empirically informed prevention intervention targeting adult men with sexual interest in children. The intervention includes an introductory welcome place, five training sessions that deliver core intervention content, and a resources page that provides links to external sources of support. The two primary goals of the Help Wanted Prevention Intervention are to prevent child sexual abuse and provide help-seekers tools to better support their well-being. The goal of the proposed study is to advance the evidence base on primary prevention of child sexual abuse perpetration. To that end, we propose: a) to evaluate the effects of Help Wanted on child sexual abuse offense behaviors, grooming behaviors, and proclivity to offend, as well as the impact on targeted psychosocial stressors (e.g., cognitions and attitudes, coping skills, self-image) that are associated with child sexual abuse perpetration; b) examine these psychosocial stressors as potential mediators and moderators; and c) revise the intervention accordingly to improve help-seeker engagement and targeted outcomes. The proposed study proceeds in three phases. In Phase 1, we will conduct beta-testing of all study procedures with a sample of 10 adult men. The results from this phase will join findings from another study to inform a revision of the Help Wanted intervention. In Phase 2, we will evaluate the revised intervention by conducting a randomized controlled trial utilizing a waitlist design. Participants in the treatment group will be given access to Help Wanted and will complete assessments at recruitment (baseline), 1 month (post-treatment), and 3 months (follow-up). Participants in the waitlist control group will be given access to Help Wanted after a 1-month wait, during which time they will be given a time- and-attention control intervention. After the 1-month waiting period, participants in the waitlist control group will be given to access to Help Wanted. Assessments for the waitlist control group occur at recruitment (baseline), 1 month (2nd baseline), 1 month later (post-treatment) and at 3 months post-treatment (follow-up). In Phase 3, we draw upon the RCT outcome results and help-seeker ratings of session satisfaction to conduct a second revision of the Help Wanted intervention and will recruit a sample of 10 adults to review the revised intervention. Upon completion, this proposed project would be the first to rigorously evaluate an online, prevention intervention tailored specifically for adults with sexual interest in children.