Clinical trial NCT06126926: Tertiary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
Official title: Mobilizing Evidence Into Tertiary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: A Pilot Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Child Sexual Abuse
Lead sponsor: University of Minnesota
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-11-13
Enrollment: 32
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Intervention model description: Random assignment clinical trial. Participants are randomly assigned to the intervention group or treatment as usual.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This is a feasibility study designed to inform the development of a multinational study of the effectiveness of a tertiary prevention program for child sexual abuse. This study targets adult men who have engaged in child sexual abuse, and will be implemented within the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Data will include measures of the implementation process, short-terms changes in criminogenic factors, and staff and participant factors that could influence outcomes.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male
* 18 or older
* Serving time in MnDOC facilities for Criminal Sexual Conduct in the first, second, or third degree, whose victims were less than 14 years old
* Individuals assigned moderate to high risk to reoffend as determined upon entrance to the Minnesota Correctional System by the DOC Risk Assessment/Community Notification Unit."

Exclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosed with an active, uncontrolled major mental disorder (e.g. bi-polar, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, major depression with psychotic features)
* Unable to read English at the 5th grade level
* Unable to speak English
* IQ of less than 85 as measured by standard intelligence tests
* Diagnosis of intellectual disability
* Engaged in violent behavior while incarcerated, as indicated by disciplinary actions and/or segregation within 60 days of intake"

Primary outcomes:
measure: Violence Risk Scale-Sexual Offense Version (VRS:SO)
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: Coping Using Sex Inventory (CUSI)
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory-13 (CSBI-13)
timeFrame: 7-days post-intervention
measure: Types of Jealousy Scale (3 subscales; reactive, preventive, and anxious jealousy)
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: Faith in People Scale
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: Trust in People Scale (Survey Research Center)
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: Aggression Questionnaire (AQ; Buss &amp) - Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, and Anger Subscales ONLY
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (R-UCLA)
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: Self-Critical Rumination Scale (SCRS)
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: External/Internal Shame Scale - Sense of Isolation/Exclusion Subscale ONLY (EISS)
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: Children and Sex Questionnaire Emotional Congruence Scale (CSQ:ECWC)
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: The Openness to Men and Women Scales (OPM, OPWO)
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form (DERS-SF)
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: Coping Strategy Indicator (CSI)
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
measure: Aggression Inventory (AI)- Impulsive, Impatient, and Avoid subscales ONLY
timeFrame: 7 days post-intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Group Climate Questionnaire - Short Form (GCQ-5)
timeFrame: Every 14 days for first two months, than every four weeks for next four months
measure: Curative Climate Instrument (CCI)
timeFrame: Every 14 days for first two months, than every four weeks for next four months
measure: Treatment Motivation Questionnaire-Revised (TMQ-R)
timeFrame: Every 14 days for first two months, than every four weeks for next four months
measure: Therapeutic Agency Inventory (TAI)
timeFrame: Every 14 days for first two months, than every four weeks for next four months
measure: Relationship Questionnaire (RQ)
timeFrame: Every 14 days for first two months, than every four weeks for next four months
measure: Working Alliance Inventory - Short Form (WAI- SR)
timeFrame: Every 14 days for first two months, than every four weeks for next four months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Minneapolis
country: United States
facility: University of Minnesota
state: Minnesota
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Minnesota
name: Michael Miner, Ph.D
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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