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

项目摘要 作为对RFA-CE-20-005研究优先级1的回应，拟议研究旨在评估 预防干预，一种以成年男子为对象的理论和经验性预防干预 对孩子有性兴趣干预措施包括一个介绍性的欢迎场所，五个培训课程， 提供核心干预内容的网站，以及提供外部支持来源链接的资源页面。 寻求帮助预防干预的两个主要目标是防止儿童性虐待， 为寻求帮助者提供工具，以更好地支持他们的福祉。拟议研究的目标是促进 儿童性虐待犯罪初级预防的证据基础。为此，我们建议： 评估帮助通缉对儿童性虐待犯罪行为的影响，梳理行为， 犯罪倾向，以及对目标心理社会压力源的影响（例如，认知和态度， 应对技能，自我形象）与儿童性虐待犯罪有关; B）检查这些 心理社会压力作为潜在的中介和调节;以及c）相应地修改干预措施， 改善求助者的参与和目标成果。拟议的研究分三个阶段进行。在 第1阶段，我们将使用10名成年男性样本对所有研究程序进行β测试。的结果 这一阶段将结合另一项研究的结果，为修订“寻求帮助”干预措施提供信息。在第二阶段， 我们将通过采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。 治疗组的参与者将获得Help Wanted，并将在 招募（基线）、1个月（治疗后）和3个月（随访）。waitlist控件中的参与者 在等待1个月后，小组将获得获得帮助通缉，在此期间，他们将获得一个时间- 注意力控制干预在1个月的等待期后，等待名单对照组的参与者将 被给予访问帮助通缉。在招募时（基线）对等待名单对照组进行评估， 1个月（第2次基线）、1个月后（治疗后）和治疗后3个月（随访）。在第三阶段， 我们利用随机对照试验的结果和求助者对会议满意度的评价， 修订的帮助通缉干预，并将招募10名成年人的样本，以审查修订后的 干预完成后，这个拟议的项目将是第一个严格评估一个在线， 专门针对对儿童有性兴趣的成年人的预防干预。

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.