Development and Pilot Trial of an Intervention to Reduce Disclosure Recipients Negative Social Reactions and Victims Psychological Distress and Problem Drinking

NCT03488927 | Completed Results DMC

• 1 other identifier: UNewHampshire
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,268
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate an intervention, Supporting Survivors and Self: An Intervention for Social Supports of Survivors of Partner Abuse and Sexual Aggression (SSS). SSS trains potential recipients of IPV or SA disclosure on the best methods of responding to a victim's disclosure. Consenting college students will be randomized into the SSS intervention or a wait-list control condition. Evaluation data will be multi-informant (i.e., data from both informal supports and victims) and multi-method (i.e., qualitative and quantitative). The investigators hypothesize that individuals receiving the SSS intervention, compared to individuals in the wait-list control condition, will provide less negative and more positive social reactions to victims' disclosure.

Conditions

Social Skills; Self-Criticism; Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; Depression; Alcohol Abuse; Drinking, College; Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol; Harmful Use; Social Stigma; Social Norms; Social Responsibility; Social Behavior; Empathy; Coping Skills; Coping Behavior

Keywords

Sexual Violence; Interpersonal Violence; Prevention; Mixed-Methods; Randomized Controlled Trial; Outcome Evaluation; College Students; Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; Alcohol; Sexual Assault; Disclosure; Social Reactions; Coping; Depression; Intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Negative Social Reactions

  As measured by the Social Reactions Questionnaire (at six month follow-up). This scale is measured from 1 to 6, with higher mean scores representing a less desirable outcome.

  Six months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Positive Social Reactions

  Six months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

This arm will receive the intervention, followed by a six-month follow-up evaluation.

Behavioral: Supporting Survivors and Self: An Intervention for Social Supports of Survivors of Partner Abuse and Sexual Aggression (SSS)

Wait-list Control

NO INTERVENTION

This arm will receive the intervention after a six-month follow-up evaluation.

Interventions

Supporting Survivors and Self: An Intervention for Social Supports of Survivors of Partner Abuse and Sexual Aggression (SSS) BEHAVIORAL

The SSS intervention consists of a two-hour session followed by a 90-minute booster session a month following the initial program session. The SSS intervention is delivered in groups of approximately 20 students facilitated by peer educators. The SSS intervention provides participants with specific information on the reasons why positive social reactions are important and negative social reactions can be harmful, examples of what to say and what not to say (including ways to promote healthy coping and discourage unhealthy coping, e.g., drinking to cope), opportunities for roleplay, and an emphasis on the importance of self-care and ways in which self-care can be balanced with the needs of IPV and SA victims.

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• undergraduate student at University of New Hampshire
• read and understand English
• able to independently complete online surveys

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of New Hampshire: lead
• University of Illinois at Chicago: collaborator
• University of South Florida: collaborator
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of New Hampshire

Durham, New Hampshire, 03824, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Social Skills; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Depression; Alcoholism; Alcohol Drinking in College; Alcohol Drinking; Social Stigma; Social Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Mental Disorders; Behavioral Symptoms; Alcohol-Related Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Drinking Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Katie Edwards
• Organization: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

katie.edwards@unl.edu

402-472-2223

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: Associate Professor of Psychology

Model Details: Randomized control intervention trial with a wait-list control condition, randomized at the individual level

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 29, 2018
• First Posted: April 5, 2018
• Study Start: September 10, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 10, 2019
• Study Completion: June 10, 2019
• Last Updated: October 19, 2020
• Results First Posted: October 19, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)