Effects of Dating Violence Education Program on Bystanders' Help-giving Intention and Behavior Among College Students
- Conditions
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Interventions
- Other: Dating Violence Prevention Program
- Registration Number
- NCT05564000
- 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.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 420
- College students aged 18-25 years, and agree to participate in this study.
- Married college students.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Experimental group Dating Violence Prevention Program 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.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Dating Violence Myths Scale at two months after dating violence education program Dating Violence Myths Scale will be used to evaluate the individual level of inaccurate or false beliefs about dating violence (including physical, mental, and sexual violence) in experimental and control group.
Dating Violence Bystander Help-giving Intention Questionnaire (DVBHIQ) at first week before dating violence education program DVBHIQ will be used to assess the individual help-giving intention toward victims suffering dating violence in experimental and control group.
Dating Violence Bystander Help-giving Intention Questionnaire at two months after dating violence education program DVBHIQ will be used to assess the individual help-giving intention toward victims suffering dating violence in experimental and control group.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Kaohsiung Medical University
🇨🇳Kaohsiung, Taiwan