An Evaluation of an Online Sexual Assault Resistance Program (IDEA3)

NCT ID: NCT06058455

Last Updated: 2025-10-21

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1920 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-10-02

Study Completion Date

2027-12-31

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Sexual violence (SV), which occurs along a continuum from unwanted sexual contact to rape, is common among young women, with some 40% experiencing sexual assault during their time in college. Given the numerous negative consequences associated with SV, developing effective SV prevention and resistance programs for young adult women is critical for reducing victimization and improving health outcomes for adolescent girls. The Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act (EAAA) sexual assault resistance program has been shown to substantially reduce rates of SV (50% for rape and attempted rape) in young women attending university (ages 17-24). The purpose of the current study is to test the efficacy of the newly adapted Internet-Delivered Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act (IDEA3) program in reducing sexual violence victimization among undergraduate women over 12 months of follow-up. IDEA3 is a 12-hour psychoeducational intervention that provides information, skills, and practice aimed at a) decreasing the time needed for young women to assess sexually coercive situations as dangerous and to take action, b) reducing emotional obstacles to taking action, c) increasing the use of the most effective methods of verbal and physical self-defense, and d) identifying sexual and relationship values and boundaries and reinforcing the right to defend them.

Conditions

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Sexual Assault

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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IDEA3 sexual assault resistance intervention

IDEA3 curriculum will be delivered by pairs of trained facilitators over Zoom to reach up to 8 pairs of female-identified university students in four, 3-hour units. The four units will be spread over two to four weeks' time.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

IDEA3 Sexual Assault Resistance Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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

Randomized participants who do not receive the intervention will receive one 60-minute session consisting of an internet delivered (Zoom) consent workshop.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Consent Workshop

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Interventions

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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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 1st- and 2nd-year university students at one of the 4 sites
* female-identifying students
* students between ages of 17-24
* able to attend one of the scheduled program groups
* able and willing to be matched with another eligible student

Exclusion Criteria

\- None
Minimum Eligible Age

17 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Windsor

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Nebraska

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Guelph

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Tufts University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Central Florida

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Maryland, College Park

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sarah Peitzmeier

Associate Professor of Behavioral and Community Health

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Sarah M Peitzmeier, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Maryland

Charlene Y Senn, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Windsor

Locations

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University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Site Status COMPLETED

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Windsor

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Countries

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United States Canada

Central Contacts

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Sarah M Peitzmeier, PhD

Role: CONTACT

301 405 2526

Charlene Y Senn, PhD

Role: CONTACT

519-253-3000 ext. 2255

Facility Contacts

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Leanna J Papp, PhD

Role: primary

407-266-1000

Sarah M Peitzmeier, PhD

Role: primary

301 405 2526

Role: backup

Katie Edwards, PhD

Role: primary

Paula Barata, PhD

Role: primary

References

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Cowan, G., & Campbell, R. R. (1995). Rape causal attitudes among adolescents. Journal of Sex Research, 32(2), 145-153.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Cowan, G., & Quinton, W. J. (1997). Cognitive style and attitudinal correlates of the perceived causes of rape scale. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21(2), 227-245.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Frazier PA. Perceived control and distress following sexual assault: a longitudinal test of a new model. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2003 Jun;84(6):1257-69. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.6.1257.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12793588 (View on PubMed)

Gray, M. D., Lesser, D., Quinn, E., & Brounds, C. (1990). The effectiveness of personalizing acquaintance rape prevention: Programs on perception of vulnerability and on reducing risktaking behavior. Journal of College Student Development, 31, 217-220.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Marx BP, Calhoun KS, Wilson AE, Meyerson LA. Sexual revictimization prevention: an outcome evaluation. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2001 Feb;69(1):25-32. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.69.1.25.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11302273 (View on PubMed)

Messman-Moore, T. L., & Brown, A. L. (2006). Risk perception, rape and sexual revictimization: A prospective study of college women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 159-172. doi:10. 1111/j.1471-6402.2006.00279.x

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Payne, D. L., Lonsway, K. A., & Fitzgerald, L. F. (1999). Rape myth acceptance: Exploration of its structure and its measurement using the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale. Journal of Research in Personality, 33, 27-68.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Senn, C. Y., Gee, S. S., & Thake, J. (2011). Emancipatory sexuality education and sexual assault resistance: Does the former enhance the latter?. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35(1), 72-91.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Papp, L. J. (2023). Sexualized aggression in college drinking settings: A four-year prospective cohort study of undergraduate women [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Michigan.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Testa M, Vanzile-Tamsen C, Livingston JA, Buddie AM. The role of women's alcohol consumption in managing sexual intimacy and sexual safety motives. J Stud Alcohol. 2006 Sep;67(5):665-74. doi: 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.665.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16847534 (View on PubMed)

Upadhyay UD, Danza PY, Neilands TB, Gipson JD, Brindis CD, Hindin MJ, Foster DG, Dworkin SL. Development and Validation of the Sexual and Reproductive Empowerment Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults. J Adolesc Health. 2021 Jan;68(1):86-94. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.05.031. Epub 2020 Jul 17.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32690468 (View on PubMed)

Peitzmeier SM, Senn CY, Eliasziw M, Edwards K, Barata P, Papp LJ, Hobden KL. An Internet-Delivered Sexual Assault Resistance Intervention for Undergraduate Women (The IDEA3 Trial): Protocol for a Multisite Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Oct 7;14:e72087. doi: 10.2196/72087.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 41055953 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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23-063

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

183649

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

HUM00229565

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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