Hello!
My name is Regan Yaraskavitch, and I am a Research Assistant in the Forensic Research Unit at The Royal Mental Health Centre in Ottawa, Canada. I’m here to share my team’s study information and survey link.
The study is being conducted by Dr. Sacha Maimone and Dr. Michael Seto through the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal. I have attached the study poster as an image, but will also include the text and survey link below - thank you kindly for your time!:
Prevent It: Youth (PI:Y): Engagement Survey for Intervention Targeting Youth who have Sexual Urges Toward Children
Study Aim and Research Questions
The main aim of this study is to evaluate the treatment needs and determine appropriate treatment targets, as well as get a sense of the feasibility of an adapted intervention for youth and young adults who are struggling with their sexual urges or interests toward children. We will seek to answer the following research questions:
- What are the most important treatment needs/targets of youth and young adults who are struggling with their sexual urges or interests toward children aged 12 or younger?
- What are possible recruitment strategies for an online, anonymous intervention targeting youth and young adults who are struggling with their sexual urges or interests toward children aged 12 or younger?
Who Can Participate
To participate in this survey, you must be:
- Between the ages of 16 and 25 years old
- Experiencing/Experienced sexual urges toward children aged 12 or younger
- Able to read and write in English
What you’ll be asked to do
You will be asked to complete an online, anonymous survey (meaning your identity will not be known or recorded) that will be used to determine effective treatment needs and targets for an online, anonymous intervention for youth and young adults who are struggling with their sexual urges or interests toward children aged 12 or younger.
This survey will take about 15-20 minutes to complete. If you complete the entire survey, we will donate $20 to one of the World Childhood Foundation’s project partners to thank you for your time. Your identity will remain completely anonymous and you will not be involved with the exchange of funds in any way.
You will be asked to answer questions about your sexual urges or interests toward children and what an effective and engaging treatment would look like in your opinion. If you are between 18-25 years old you will be asked to recall your experiences with your sexual urges or interests toward children when you were 16-17 years old and what an effective and engaging treatment would have looked like to you at these ages.
The questions will be given in different formats. For example, you will be asked to review and select which option(s) best apply to you and rate how important things are to you (or would have been to you) in relation to treatment needs. You will also be asked open-ended questions (meaning you will need to type your own response) about your former treatment experiences.
Interested in participating in this study?
Click https://www.soscisurvey.de/PreventItYouth/ to access the survey
For questions please contact Dr. Sacha Maimone at [email protected]
This study has been reviewed and approved by the ROHCG REB as study # 0121
