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: 10777732
• 负责人: Elizabeth J Letourneau
• 金额: $ 48.93万
• 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/10777732
• 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.

项目摘要 为了回应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，理论上和经验知情的预防干预措施针对成年男性 对儿童的性兴趣。干预措施包括一个介绍性的欢迎场所，五次培训课程 提供核心干预内容以及提供指向外部支持源的链接的资源页面。 帮助预防干预的帮助的两个主要目标是防止儿童性虐待和 提供寻求帮助的工具以更好地支持其福祉。拟议的研究的目的是促进 基于预防儿童性虐待犯罪的证据。为此，我们建议：a） 评估想要的帮助对儿童性虐待行为，修饰行为和 对冒犯的倾向，以及对有针对性的社会心理压力源的影响（例如，认知和态度， 应对技巧，自我形象）与儿童性虐待犯罪有关； b）检查这些 社会心理压力源是潜在的介体和主持人； c）将干预措施相应地修改 改善寻求帮助者的参与并有针对性的结果。拟议的研究分为三个阶段。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Beta测试。结果 该阶段将加入另一项研究的发现，以告知对帮助干预的修订。在第2阶段， 我们将通过使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。 治疗小组的参与者将获得寻求帮助的机会，并将完成评估 招聘（基线），1个月（治疗后）和3个月（随访）。候补名单控制的参与者 在等待1个月后，将使小组获得寻求帮助的访问权限，在此期间，他们将获得时间 - 和注意控制干预。在等待1个月之后，候补名单对照组的参与者将 可以访问寻求帮助。等待名单对照组的评估发生在招聘（基线）， 1个月后1个月（治疗后）和治疗后3个月（随访）。在第3阶段， 我们利用RCT结果的结果和寻求帮助的会话满意度的评分来进行第二次 修订帮助干预的帮助，并将招募10名成年人的样本以审查修订后 干涉。完成后，这个建议的项目将是第一个严格评估在线的项目， 专门针对儿童性兴趣的成年人量身定制的预防干预措施。