Effects of Dating Violence Education Program on Bystanders' Help-giving Intention and Behavior Among College Students

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Intimate Partner Violence

Treatments: Other: Dating Violence Prevention Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05564000

MOST 110-2410-H-037-005-SS2 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

KMUHIRB-SV(I)-20200054

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 420 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

• Married college students.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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420 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental group: accept three weeks Dating Violence Prevention Program online; every week 20-30 minutes. The measurements of dating violence myths, bystander attitude, subjective norm, self-efficacy, intention, and behavior were implemented with a pre-, post-test, and 2-month follow-up design to analyze the immediate and continued educational effects.

Treatment:

Other: Dating Violence Prevention Program

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group: no intervention. The measurements of dating violence myths, bystander attitude, subjective norm, self-efficacy, intention, and behavior were implemented with a pre-, post-test, and 2-month follow-up.