Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of Maryland, College Park

Code:

NCT06058455

Conditions

Sexual Assault

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 17 - 24

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

IDEA3 Sexual Assault Resistance Intervention

Consent Workshop

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Sexual Assault

Study ID

NCT06058455

Start date

Oct 2, 2023

Status verified date

Oct, 2025

Completion date

Dec 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 1, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 17 - 24

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

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

Study Design

Enrollment

1920 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: 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.

active comparator: Consent workshop

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

Interventions

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.

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.

Primary outcome measure

  • Completed rape [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1-week post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months after randomization ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Sarah M Peitzmeier, PhD

301 405 2526speitzme@umd.edu

Charlene Y Senn, PhD

519-253-3000csenn@uwindsor.ca

Locations

University of Central Florida

Recruiting

Orlando, Florida, United States, 32816

Contacts

University of Maryland

Recruiting

College Park, Maryland, United States, 20742

Contacts

University of Michigan

Recruiting

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

Contacts

Katie Edwards, PhD

edkatie@umich.edu

University of Guelph

Recruiting

Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1

Contacts

Paula Barata, PhD

pbarata@uoguelph.ca

Principal Investigator:

Paula Barata, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Maryland, College Park

Last update posted

Oct 21, 2025

Last verified

Oct, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Maryland, College Park on 2025-10-21.