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An Evaluation of an Online Sexual Assault Resistance Program (IDEA3)
Sponsor: University of Maryland, College Park
Summary
The goal of this randomized trial is to test whether the Internet-Delivered Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act (IDEA3) sexual assault resistance education intervention reduces sexual violence victimization in undergraduate women. Participants in the intervention group will be asked to attend four three-hour group sessions of a sexual assault resistance program called IDEA3 with a partner, as well as fill out a number of surveys. Participants in the control group will be asked to attend a one-hour consent workshop with a partner and fill out surveys. Researchers will compare sexual assault victimization between the groups in the one year following the intervention.
Official title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Efficacy of IDEA3 - An Evidence-based Sexual Assault Resistance Intervention for Undergraduate Women Adapted for Internet Delivery
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
17 Years - 24 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1920
Start Date
2023-10-02
Completion Date
2027-12-31
Last Updated
2025-10-21
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
IDEA3 Sexual Assault Resistance Intervention
Internet-delivered EAAA (IDEA3), adapted from an in-person sexual assault resistance education intervention: Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act (EAAA) intervention that was found in a randomized trial to reduce sexual assault victimization by about 50% at follow-up. IDEA3 designed for female identifying university students and focuses on resisting sexual assault committed by males in 4, 3-hour units: 1-ASSESS builds ability to detect risk with male acquaintances and develop risk reduction strategies. 2-ACKNOWLEDGE explores overcoming emotional barriers preventing women from acknowledging risk and employing effective resistance strategies with males. 3-ACT shows effectiveness of resistance strategies and teaches verbal and physical self-defense in common situations. 4-RELATIONSHIPS \& SEXUALITY adapts the Our Whole Lives curriculum to increase women's comfort in talking about sex/sexuality and identify sexual values/desires.
Consent Workshop
Participant pairs assigned to the control arm will receive a 60-minute session consisting of a 60-min interactive, virtual consent workshop. The workshop will include information on a) what consent is, including the idea that consent is about bodily autonomy and applies to interactions beyond sex, b) how to give and ask for consent, and c) examples of what it looks like to ask for and give/not give consent. This presentation will be given by a well-trained Research Assistant.
Locations (6)
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida, United States
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland, United States
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario, Canada