Qualitative Study on a Psychoeducation Group for Juvenile Sex Offenders

NCT ID: NCT06100094

Last Updated: 2023-10-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 20 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-09-29
• Study Completion Date: 2024-09-30

Brief Summary

Some sexual violence is committed by minors but how to take care of them ? Despite heterogeneous profiles, some characteristics are common in these adolescents and can be used in psychoeducation group. CRIAVS-LR team has therefore decided to create a psychoeducation group on emotional and sexual life specific for this population of young adult/adolescents in order to improve their skills and find alternative solutions to violence, particularly in the area of sexual violence The qualitative aspect of this study would make it possible to provide data in this still little explored field, to try to understand the experience of the young people participating in this group and to improve its structure and content so that it reaches best its goals.

Detailed Description

In France, 25% of perpetrators of sexual offenses are minors. Faced with this increasingly present problem in our society, the answer seems to be more on the side of education and care. However, this new problem confronts us with the limits of our care and forces us to reconsider the organization of care. Indeed, to date, there is no specific support for juvenile sex offenders. Little research exists on the subject because of the many difficulties in setting up this type of study: low power, problem of definition, variables that are difficult to compare, few therapists specialized in this field... In fact, studies must continue to demonstrate the effectiveness of psychoeducational treatment. Although there is no consensus on the profiles of juvenile sex offenders in the literature, there are common characteristics among these individuals. Indeed, the lack of social skills, relationship difficulties, empathy, self-esteem, sex education, impulse control and therefore self-control are issues that can be worked on by psychoeducation.

CRIAVS-LR's team have therefore decided to create a specific psychoeducation group for minors and young adults who are perpetrators of sexual violence. The objective is to improve their skills of knowing, knowing how to be and knowing how to do in the areas of affective and sexual interpersonal relationships and thus find alternative solutions to violence, particularly sexual violence. The qualitative aspect of this study would make it possible to provide data in this still little explored field, to try to understand the experience of the young people participating in this group and to improve its structure and content so that it reaches best its goals.

Conditions

Sex Offense

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

juvenile sex offender psychoeducation group

The psychoeducation group consists of 10 sessions of approximately 1.5 hours each, once a week or every two weeks depending on the availability of the therapists. Among the sessions, 9 correspond to a specific theme: reminder of the law and violence, sexism, consent, control, social pressure, self-control, empathy, seduction and romantic relationships, sex under the influence. The last session is devoted to a resumption of all the themes previously discussed. Semi-structured qualitative interviews addressing their feelings regarding the psychoeducation group, what they learned from it, what they had difficulty with.

semi-structured qualitative interviews

Intervention Type: OTHER

During the interview, a list of semi-open questions will be asked :

• What were your expectations/state of mind before the group?
• How would you describe your experience overall?
• If you had to describe the group how would you do it?
• Between two group sessions, how did it go for you?
• What do you think of the group ultimately?

Interviews will be carried out until data saturation.

Collection of socio-demographic data (age), medical history and criminal history in the patient's file

Interventions

semi-structured qualitative interviews

During the interview, a list of semi-open questions will be asked :

• What were your expectations/state of mind before the group?
• How would you describe your experience overall?
• If you had to describe the group how would you do it?
• Between two group sessions, how did it go for you?
• What do you think of the group ultimately?

Interviews will be carried out until data saturation.

Collection of socio-demographic data (age), medical history and criminal history in the patient's file

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• patient aged 14 to 20
• commit a sexual offense
• takes part to CRIAVS-LR psychoeducation group

Exclusion Criteria

• severe intellectual disability, decompensated psychiatric disease
• Illiterate or unable to understand the purpose and methodology of the study
• Patient not affiliated to a French social security scheme or not a beneficiary of such a scheme
• Person unable to give consent
• Refusal of consent after information
• Adult protected by law (guardianship, curatorship)
• Person under psychiatric care
• Person participating in another research project with an exclusion period still in progress,

• Minimum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University Hospital, Montpellier

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

celine BAIS, Ph

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University Hospital, Montpellier

Locations

UH MONTPELLIER - La Colombiere CRIAVS

Montpellier, , France

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

France

Central Contacts

magali teillard, psychologist

Role: CONTACT

m-teillard_dirat@chu-montpellier.fr

0467338577 ext. 33

celine BAIS, Ph

Role: CONTACT

c-bais@chu-montpellier.fr

0467338677 ext. 33

Facility Contacts

Celine BAIS, PhD

Role: primary

c-bais@chu-montpellier.fr

0467338577 ext. 33

Other Identifiers

IRB-MTP_2023_09_202301455

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id