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

寻求帮助：评估对儿童有性兴趣的人的预防干预措施

• 批准号: 10175117
• 负责人: Elizabeth J Letourneau
• 金额: $ 38.56万
• 依托单位: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-30 至 2024-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175117
• 关键词: Help; Wanted; Evaluating; Prevention; Intervention

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.

项目概要 为了响应 RFA-CE-20-005 研究优先级 1，拟议的研究旨在评估所需的帮助 预防干预，针对成年男性的基于理论和经验的预防干预 对儿童有性兴趣。干预措施包括介绍性欢迎场所、五次培训课程 提供核心干预内容，以及提供外部支持来源链接的资源页面。 寻求帮助预防干预措施的两个主要目标是防止儿童性虐待和 为寻求帮助者提供工具，以更好地支持他们的福祉。拟议研究的目标是推进 儿童性虐待初级预防的证据基础。为此，我们建议：a) 评估寻求帮助对儿童性虐待犯罪行为、诱骗行为的影响，以及 犯罪倾向，以及对目标社会心理压力源的影响（例如认知和态度， 与儿童性虐待行为相关的应对技巧、自我形象； b) 检查这些 作为潜在调解者和调节者的社会心理压力源； c) 相应地修改干预措施 提高求助者的参与度和有针对性的结果。拟议的研究分三个阶段进行。在 第一阶段，我们将以 10 名成年男性为样本，对所有研究程序进行 beta 测试。结果来自 这一阶段将结合另一项研究的结果，为寻求帮助干预措施的修订提供信息。在第二阶段， 我们将通过利用候补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寻求帮助的机会，并将在以下时间完成评估： 招募（基线）、1 个月（治疗后）和 3 个月（随访）。等候名单控制的参与者 等待 1 个月后，小组将获得寻求帮助的机会，在此期间，他们将有一个时间- 和-注意力控制干预。 1 个月的等待期结束后，等待名单对照组的参与者将 有权寻求帮助。对候补名单对照组的评估在招募时进行（基线）， 1 个月（第二基线）、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 RCT 结果和求助者对疗程满意度的评分来进行第二次 修订“寻求帮助”干预措施，并将招募 10 名成年人作为样本来审查修订后的干预措施 干涉。完成后，该拟议项目将是第一个严格评估在线、 专为对儿童有性兴趣的成年人量身定制的预防干预措施。