Free From Abuse: The Booster Project

NCT04171206 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 031298
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 148
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This project is designed to develop and test a brief internet-delivered intervention to promote healthy relationships among young adults.

Conditions

Violence, Gender-Based; Violence, Domestic

Keywords

Interpersonal partner violence; Dating violence; Internet-delivered intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in recognition of abusive behaviour

  Recognition of adolescent relationship abuse (ARA) scale (Rothman, Decker, \& Silverman, 2006); scores on this 12-item self-report scale range from 12 to 60, with higher scores indicating an increased recognition of abusive behaviour

  baseline, immediately post intervention - an average of 1 hour, 1 week, 4 weeks

• Change in acceptance of myths about domestic violence

  Domestic Violence Myth Acceptance Scale (DVMAS; Peters, 2008); scores on this 18-item self-report scale range from 18 to 108, with higher scores indicating an increased acceptance of myths about domestic violence

  baseline, immediately post intervention - an average of 1 hour, 1 week, 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in abuse perpetration

  baseline, 4 weeks

• Change in abuse victimisation

  baseline, 4 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Free From Abuse

EXPERIMENTAL

This is a brief internet-delivered intervention designed to boost participants' ability to recognise abusive behaviour, reduce acceptance of myths related to domestic violence and IPV, as well as decrease abuse perpetration and victimisation.

Other: Free From Abuse

Technology and crime

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

This is a brief internet-delivered placebo intervention designed to inform participants about how the development of technology could affect crime.

Other: Technology and crime

Interventions

Free From Abuse OTHER

Participants in the treatment arm will watch a 15-minute talk given by an adult female survivor of IPV who tells the story of her abusive relationship. After watching the video, participants will read information on 10 signs of an unhealthy relationship. The intervention will take approximately 25 minutes to complete.

Free From Abuse

Technology and crime OTHER

Participants in the placebo control arm will watch a 19-minute talk on technology development and crime. After watching the video, participants will read 10 facts about cyber security. The intervention will take approximately 25 minutes to complete.

Technology and crime

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Participants must be university students aged between 18-24 years, reside in the UK, have access to a computer and internet connection, and be fluent in English.

You may not qualify if:

• Participants will not be eligible to enrol in the trial if they have visual and/or auditory deficits with regards to watching video clips.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Sheffield: lead
• University of Huddersfield: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

The University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Technology

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Study Officials

• Agata Debowska, PhD

  University of Sheffield

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 13, 2019
• First Posted: November 20, 2019
• Study Start: December 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: March 15, 2020
• Study Completion: July 15, 2020
• Last Updated: November 6, 2020

Record last verified: 2019-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)