Clinical trial NCT05564000: Effects of Dating Violence Education Program on Bystanders' Help-giving Intention and Behavior Among College Students
Official title: A Study of Bystander Intention and Behavior to Prevent Dating Violence Among College Students --Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to Explore, Construct and Evaluate Dating Violence Education Programs (Second to the Third Year)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Intimate Partner Violence
Keywords: dating violence
bystander education program
attitude
self-efficacy
intention
behavior
Lead sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-10-03
Enrollment: 420
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: experimental and control group
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The present study was a quasi-experiment study. College students were recruited and divided into two groups: the experimental group and the control group. There were roughly 180-210 participants in each group, which totaled 360-420 people in all. The measurements of Dating Violence Myths and Dating Violence Bystander Help-giving Intention Questionnaire were implemented with a pre-, post-test, and 2-month follow-up design to analyze the immediate and continued educational effects. The investigators also invite 10 -30 participants to participate in online anonymous group interviews to collect qualitative data. The investigators expect dating violence education programs can improve college students' dating violence myths and dating violence bystander help-giving intention and behavior. The dating violence education program on the e-learning platform can be widely used in other colleges to build up safe dating relationships and friendly campuses.

Detailed description: Dating violence is a global health problem that strongly affects young people's physical and mental health. Whether bystanders who are witnesses or are asked for help take action to help victims influences the cycle of violence, but the studies of bystander behavior and prevention programs for dating violence have lacked in Taiwan. The investigators designed and constructed the e-learning platform as an education program on dating violence based on the theory of planned behavior to evaluate the effectiveness of the programs in improving dating violence myths and bystanders' help-giving intention and behavior among college students. The present study was a quasi-experiment study. College students were recruited and divided into two groups: the experimental group and the control group. There were roughly 180-210 participants in each group, which totaled 360-420 people in all. The measurements of Dating Violence Myths and Dating Violence Bystander Help-giving Intention Questionnaire were implemented with a pre-, post-test, and 2-month follow-up design to analyze the immediate and continued educational effects. The investigators also invite 10 -30 participants to participate in online anonymous group interviews to collect qualitative data. The investigators expect dating violence education programs can improve college students' dating violence myths and dating violence bystander help-giving intention and behavior. The dating violence education program on the e-learning platform can be widely used in other colleges to build up safe dating relationships and friendly campuses.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* College students aged 18-25 years, and agree to participate in this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Married college students.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Dating Violence Myths Scale
timeFrame: at first week before dating violence education program
measure: Dating Violence Myths Scale
timeFrame: at second week after dating violence education program
measure: Dating Violence Myths Scale
timeFrame: at two months after dating violence education program
measure: Dating Violence Bystander Help-giving Intention Questionnaire (DVBHIQ)
timeFrame: at first week before dating violence education program
measure: Dating Violence Bystander Help-giving Intention Questionnaire
timeFrame: at second week after dating violence education program
measure: Dating Violence Bystander Help-giving Intention Questionnaire
timeFrame: at two months after dating violence education program
Secondary outcomes:
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Locations:
city: Kaohsiung
country: Taiwan
facility: Kaohsiung Medical University
Study officials:
affiliation: Kaohsiung Medical University
name: Wen-Li Hou
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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