A Web-based Bystander Education Program

NCT01903876 | Completed Results

• 3 other identifiers: IRB00000472R49CE000892EmoryVAW
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 743
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a study to determine whether a theoretically-driven web-based 3-hour intervention designed for male college students called RealConsent is effective in increasing prosocial intervening behaviors and in preventing sexual violence perpetration. Sexual violence programs for this population have been implemented for decades in the United States, but a program that is web-based and incorporates the bystander education model has never been implemented or tested. In this study, male college students will be recruited online, enrolled and randomly assigned to RealConsent or to a comparison condition. Prior to the intervention, investigators will ask questions about their intervening and sexually coercive behaviors and other theoretical and empirical factors related to the study outcomes. Investigators will survey the young men again at post-intervention, and at 6-months follow-up to determine whether young men in the RealConsent program intervened more often and engaged in less sexual violence compared to young men in the comparison condition. The main hypotheses are: (1) college men in the RealConsent program will report more instances of prosocial intervening; and (2) college men in the RealConsent program will report less sexual violence against women.

Conditions

Sexual Violence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Prosocial Intervening Behavior

  This scale is the Reactions to Offensive Language and Behavior (ROLB) index that measures whether or not men confronted inappropriate behaviors of other men. We used the 7-item self-behavior subscale plus an additional 8 items, which directly reflected the content of RealConsent. A series of 15 potential intervening situations were presented and participants were asked to indicate whether they had experienced this situation in past 6 months (yes/no), and whether they had intervened (yes/no). The scale ranged from 0% (did not intervene anytime) to 100% (intervened every time).

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Sexual Violence Perpetration

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

General Health promotion

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

A 3-hour general mental health web-based program.

Behavioral: General Health Promotion

Bystander & Sexual Violence Prevention

EXPERIMENTAL

A 3-hour web-based program designed to teach male college student bystanders to intervene.

Behavioral: Bystander & Sexual Violence Prevention

Interventions

Bystander & Sexual Violence Prevention BEHAVIORAL

This 3-hour web-based program consists of six 30-minute modules that are interactive and range in number of segments (1-14) and types of activities. Each of the modules involves interactivity, didactic activities and two episodes of a serial drama, which allows for the modeling of positive behaviors and illustrate both positive and negative outcome expectations for intervening and for perpetrating abuse against women. Behaviors modeled include communicating with female sex partners, obtaining informed consent to have sex, and intervening to prevent abuse from taking place.

Also known as: RealConsent

Bystander & Sexual Violence Prevention

General Health Promotion BEHAVIORAL

This general health promotion web-based program is 3-hours and provides a range of activities related to reducing day-to day stress and alleviating anxiety through meditation and exercise.

Also known as: Stress & Mood Management

General Health promotion

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Student matriculated at Georgia State University
• Male
• to 24
• Undergraduate
• Self-identify as heterosexual or bisexual

You may not qualify if:

• Graduate student
• Self-identify as homosexual

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Emory University: lead
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Salazar LF, Vivolo-Kantor A, Hardin J, Berkowitz A. A web-based sexual violence bystander intervention for male college students: randomized controlled trial. J Med Internet Res. 2014 Sep 5;16(9):e203. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3426.

  PMID: 25198417 DERIVED

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Laura Salazar
• Organization: Georgia State University

lsalazar1@gsu.edu

404-413-1396

Study Officials

• Laura F Salazar, PhD

  Emory University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 17, 2013
• First Posted: July 19, 2013
• Study Start: February 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2011
• Study Completion: May 1, 2011
• Last Updated: July 23, 2014
• Results First Posted: July 23, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-07

Locations

US (1)