NCT03726437

Efficacy of a Web-based Sexual Violence Risk Reduction Program for Female College Students

RealConsent: A Web-based Program to Reduce College Women's Risk of Sexual Violence by Targeting Alcohol Use, Communication and Consent, and Building Supportive Networks

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 881 (actual)
• Sponsor: Georgia State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the efficacy of a web-based program for female college freshmen ("RealConsent") in reducing their risk of sexual violence victimization. Half the participants will receive RealConsent-F and half will receive an attention-placebo control ("Stress and Mood Management").

Detailed description

Sexual assault of college women is a serious and complex public health problem: one in five college women report being sexually assaulted. The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial study with 750 female college students from three universities to test the efficacy of RealConsent, a sexual violence risk reduction program for college women, compared to an attention-placebo control. RealConsent is a multi-media 3-hour program based on social cognitive theory and alcohol myopia theory. The primary outcome will be self-reported sexual violence victimization and the secondary outcomes will be alcohol and dating protective- and risk-related behaviors and resistance strategies. The investigators expect that women in the treatment group will report less sexual violence victimization than women in the control group. Expected outcomes are demonstrated feasibility and efficacy of a technologically novel risk reduction program for female college students.

Conditions

• Sexual Violence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	RealConsent	This 3-hour web-based program consists of four 45-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 ("Squad"), which allow for the modeling of positive behaviors and illustrate both positive and negative outcome expectations. Behaviors modeled include drinking safely (e.g., eating before drinking, pacing, and drinking water), having a game plan before going out, communicating with male sex partners, engaging in protective dating behaviors, use of resistance strategies, self-defense strategies and bystander intervention with the goal of reducing risk of being sexually assaulted.
BEHAVIORAL	Stress and Mood Management	This 3-hour general health promotion web-based program consists of four 45-minute modules ("Stress Management", "Managing Depression", "Managing Anxiety", and "Treatments that work") that provide a range of activities related to reducing day-to day stress and alleviating anxiety through meditation and exercise.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-17
• Primary completion: 2019-11-01
• Completion: 2019-11-01
• First posted: 2018-10-31
• Last updated: 2023-02-13
• Results posted: 2023-02-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States