Tx for Child Sexual Behavior Problems

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sexual Behavior
• Interventions: Behavioral: Phase-based treatment of sexual behavior problems of children

• Registration Number: NCT02625571
• Lead Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Brief Summary

A significant minority of children (ages 5-12) display problematic sexual behavior and the persistence of this behavior is oftentimes as stable as other child behavior problems, such as aggression and defiance. Unfortunately, the only tested intervention protocols for these concerns utilize a group treatment modality that is not feasible in most community treatment settings. This project will define and pilot test an intervention for child sexual behavior problems that is applicable in most settings and can be easily disseminated as a first step toward validation in larger clinical trials.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-12
• Study First Submitted: 2015-12-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-12-07
• Study First Posted: 2015-12-09
• Primary Completion: 2017-06-30
• Study Completion: 2017-06-30
• Results First Submitted: 2019-08-15
• Status Verified: 2019-09
• Results First Submitted QC: 2019-09-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-09-27
• Results First Posted: 2019-10-21
• Last Update Posted: 2019-10-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 13

Inclusion Criteria

• A caregiver is willing to participate in treatment
• A clinically significant T-score on the Child Sexual Behavior Inventory
• Child is between the ages of 5 and 12, inclusive

Exclusion Criteria

• Child and/or caregiver IQ below 70
• Active child and/or caregiver psychosis or suicidal/homicidal ideation
• Active substance use problems of the caregiver

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Phase-based treatment of sexual behavior problems of children	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child Sexual Behavior on the Child Sexual Behavior Inventory (CSBI)	4-6 months	Total raw score of the CSBI (potential range = 0-138). Higher scores indicate a greater number and frequency of reported problematic sexual behavior.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child Sexual Concerns on the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children (TSCYC)	4-6 months	The sexual concerns subscale on the TSCYC provides another metric of sexual behaviors of children. Scaore are reported in T-score, which have a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. A score of 65-70 typically indicates a borderline or sub-syndromal level of concern, while a score of 70 or above indicates clinically significant concern. As such, a higher score indicates greater concern. While there is technically no limit for calculating minimum and maximum values, the reported range of scores is typically between 40 and 100.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Penn State Hershey Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States