A Web-based Bystander Education Program (RealConsent)

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01903876
• Recruitment Status: Completed
• First Posted: July 19, 2013
• Results First Posted: July 23, 2014
• Last Update Posted: July 23, 2014
• Sponsor: Emory University
• Collaborator: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Laura F Salazar, Emory University

Study Description

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.

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Sexual Violence	Behavioral: Bystander & Sexual Violence Prevention; Behavioral: General Health Promotion	Not Applicable

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional (Clinical Trial)
• Actual Enrollment: 743 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: Preventing Violence Against Women: A Web-based Approach
• Study Start Date: February 2010
• Actual Primary Completion Date: May 2011
• Actual Study Completion Date: May 2011

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/treatment
Placebo Comparator: General Health promotion; A 3-hour general mental health web-based program.	Behavioral: General Health Promotion; 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.; Other Name: Stress & Mood Management
Experimental: Bystander & Sexual Violence Prevention; A 3-hour web-based program designed to teach male college student bystanders to intervene.	Behavioral: Bystander & Sexual Violence Prevention; 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.; Other Name: RealConsent

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

1. Prosocial Intervening Behavior [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
   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).

Secondary Outcome Measures :

1. Sexual Violence Perpetration [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
   This scale is the Conflict Tactics Scale revised, Sexual Coercion Subscale and assessed the number of sexually coercive/violent behaviors engaged in during the past 6 months. The index ranges from 0 (no engagement in any sexual violence) to 7 (engaged in all 7 sexually violent behaviors).

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 24 Years (Adult)
• Sexes Eligible for Study: Male
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

• Graduate student
• Self-identify as homosexual

Contacts and Locations

Locations

United States, Georgia

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303

Sponsors and Collaborators

Emory University

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Laura F Salazar, PhD; Emory University

More Information

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

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.

• Responsible Party: Laura F Salazar, Assistant Professor, Emory University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01903876
• Other Study ID Numbers: IRB00000472; R49CE000892 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ); EmoryVAW ( Other Identifier: Other )
• First Posted: July 19, 2013
• Results First Posted: July 23, 2014
• Last Update Posted: July 23, 2014
• Last Verified: July 2014