Dating ViolenceNCT06180915
The Effect of Peer Education Based on Assertiveness Skills on Dating Violence Attitudes and Internalized Misogyny
A study testing The peer trainer will be subjected to assertiveness training based on dating violence and internalized misogyny by the researcher for 2 hours a day for 5 days. in people with Dating Violence, run by Gazi University.
Trial summary
This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of assertiveness training given through peer education on dating violence attitudes and internalized misogyny. In this study ; Nursing takes a role in helping individuals obtain and protect their rights as part of its advocacy role, investigates the obstacles to… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Dating Violence
- What is being tested?
- The peer trainer will be subjected to assertiveness training based on dating violence and internalized misogyny by the researcher for 2 hours a day for 5 days.
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 48 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 20 Dec 2023to 31 Jan 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Participant must be over 18 years of age
- The participant is a woman
- The participant's ability to read, speak and write Turkish
- The participant must have had a dating relationship at least once in his or her life or is currently in a dating relationship.
Who cannot join
- Students who agree to participate in the research but do not attend any sessions of the training, who do not want to fill out the required surveys at any stage of the research, or who want to withdraw from the research at any stage of the research will be excluded from the sample.
Trial locations and contacts
No sites are listed yet.
About this study
This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of assertiveness training given through peer education on dating violence attitudes and internalized misogyny. In this study ; Nursing takes a role in helping individuals obtain and protect their rights as part of its advocacy role, investigates the obstacles to assertive behavior and solutions to develop assertive behavior as part of its researcher role, takes a role in educating individuals on assertiveness as part of its educational role, and finds solutions to individuals' problems as part of its consultancy role. It will play an active role in students' roles such as being able to produce, providing problem-solving skills with appropriate coping methods.
This study aims to empower women by providing a positive change in the perception of dating violence attitudes and internalized misogyny through peer education based on assertiveness training. It is thought that with this study, the assertiveness behavior of female students studying at the university will be improved and a positive change will be achieved in the perception of dating violence attitudes and internalized misogyny.
The population of the study is female students studying at the university, and female students studying in the midwifery department were selected due to the high density of female students. Female students of Tarsus University Midwifery Department were selected as the intervention group and female students of Mersin University were selected as the control group.
Read the detailed description
One of the most important problems caused by gender inequality is violence against women. Violence against women is the intimidation of women by using physical force or intimidation, and it covers a wide range of harmful behaviors directed at women and girls because of their gender. The inequality experienced by women regarding their participation in education, paid workforce and decision-making mechanisms negatively affects their access to economic and social resources. Any physical, verbal, psychological, sexual violence and maltreatment that occurs within a dating relationship is considered dating violence. Dating violence negatively affects the individual's quality of life by causing negative effects on a person's self-confidence and self-esteem. Adolescence is a period in which the individual develops an identity, is more questioning, reactive, sensitive, fragile and inexperienced towards life, society and norms compared to other developmental periods, and adopts the values of peer groups. Considering that dating relationships are generally established in adolescence and youth, lack of experience at a young age is one of the effective risk factors for this type of violence. Studies have shown that individuals who experience dating violence during the adolescence period, when vital values are newly formed, have no awareness of the violence experienced, or even if they have awareness, they cannot find a solution to this problem. Exposure to dating violence during adolescence chronicizes the violence, increasing the risk of being both a victim of violence and a perpetrator of violence in adulthood. Women, who have a more passive role due to their gender roles, are exposed to more dating violence than men. Women may even internalize the violence to which society exposes them and turn it into misogyny towards their fellow men.
- Conditions
- Dating Violence
- Being tested
- The peer trainer will be subjected to assertiveness training based on dating violence and internalized misogyny by the researcher for 2 hours a day for 5 days.
- Keywords
- dating violence, İnternalized misogyny
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
The peer trainer will be subjected to assertiveness training based on dating violence and internalized misogyny by the researcher for 2 hours a day for 5 days.Behavioural
The peer trainer will be subjected to assertiveness training based on dating violence and internalized misogyny by the researcher for 2 hours a day for 5 days. The peer educator will create a Whatsapp group with the experimental group participants and a name for the group will be found by mutual decision. The peer educator will schedule a time and date with the group. Each session will last approximately 60 minutes and the total training duration will be planned to be 3 weeks. One week and one month after the training is completed, the participants will fill out the scales again.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental Group | Experimental | Participants will be informed that they must answer the surveys and forms completely and appropriately, as well as attend all training sessions and fulfill their session duties. At the end of the 3-week training program (interim measurement) and 4 weeks later (post-test), the Rathus Assertiveness Inventory, Internalized Misogyny Scale and Flirting Violence Attitude Scale will be converted into an online survey via Google Forms®, the link will be sent to the participants and they will be asked to fill it out. Receives: Behavioral: The peer trainer will be subjected to assertiveness training based on dating violence and internalized misogyny by the researcher for 2 hours a day for 5 days. |
| Control Group | No intervention | The control group will not be subjected to any training. The Control Group will fill out the Introductory Information Form, Rathus Assertiveness Inventory, Internalized Misogyny Scale, Flirting Violence Scale and Cyber Flirting Violence Scale simultaneously with the experimental group at the beginning of the study. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
The impact of Peer Education Based on Assertiveness Skills
The behavioral change attitude that occurs 1 week after the training will be measured according to the Passivity, Assertiveness and Aggression Scale, Internalized Misogyny Scale and Dating Violence Attitude Scale scores.
Passivity, Assertiveness and Aggression Scale: Total score varies between 10 and 40. While low scores from the scale indicate high levels of passivity, assertiveness and aggression, high scores indicate low levels of passivity, assertiveness and aggression.
Internalized Misogyny Scale: The total score that can be obtained from the scale varies between 17-119, and as the score increases, internalized misogyny also increases.
Dating Violence Attitude Scale: The highest score that can be obtained from each item is 5 and the lowest score is 1. The average score of the scale approaching 5 indicates that individuals' attitudes towards dating violence are negative and they do not support dating violence behaviour.
Measured: Within 2 month
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted26 Dec 2023
- Study start20 Dec 2023 (estimated)
- Primary completion10 Jan 2024 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Jan 2024 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Dating ViolenceStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Gazi UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- In order to ensure similarity between groups; Stratified block randomization will be used to assign the women in the sample group to the experimental and control groups. According to the stratified block randomization method, imbalances that may arise in the experimental and control groups are limited. In this method, after stratification according to risk factors, block randomization is performed within each stratum (Akın \& Koçoğlu, 2017; Kanık, Taşdelen \& Erdoğan, 2011). 1st Layer: 1st grade students. 2nd Layer: 2nd grade students. 3rd Layer: 3rd Grade. grade students In order to determine which stratum group the woman who is found to meet the research criteria and agrees to participate in the study is in, blocks will be created with a combination of 8 and an assignment list will be determined through the website www.randomizer.org. Mersin and Tarsus University Midwifery departments were chosen due to the similarity of their core curricula and education in similar geography.
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 48 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Gazi University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Tarsus University, Mersin University
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Şengül Yaman Sözbir, Gazi University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06180915
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- bsrgk33
- Status last verified
- Dec 2023
- First submitted
- 30 Oct 2023
- Last updated
- 26 Dec 2023
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 Dec 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Peer Education Based on Assertiveness Skills on Dating Violence Attitudes and Internalized Misogyny
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06180915
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- bsrgk33
- Conditions
- Dating Violence
- Keywords
- dating violence, İnternalized misogyny
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 48 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Gazi UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Tarsus University, Mersin University
- Study start
- 20 Dec 2023 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 10 Jan 2024 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 31 Jan 2024 (estimated)
- First posted
- 26 Dec 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of assertiveness training given through peer education on dating violence attitudes and internalized misogyny. In this study ; Nursing takes a role in helping individuals obtain and protect their rights as part of its advocacy role, investigates the obstacles to assertive behavior and solutions to develop assertive behavior as part of its researcher role, takes a role in educating individuals on assertiveness as part of its educational role, and finds solutions to individuals' problems as part of its consultancy role. It will play an active role in students' roles such as being able to produce, providing problem-solving skills with appropriate coping methods.
This study aims to empower women by providing a positive change in the perception of dating violence attitudes and internalized misogyny through peer education based on assertiveness training. It is thought that with this study, the assertiveness behavior of female students studying at the university will be improved and a positive change will be achieved in the perception of dating violence attitudes and internalized misogyny.
The population of the study is female students studying at the university, and female students studying in the midwifery department were selected due to the high density of female students. Female students of Tarsus University Midwifery Department were selected as the intervention group and female students of Mersin University were selected as the control group.
Detailed description
One of the most important problems caused by gender inequality is violence against women. Violence against women is the intimidation of women by using physical force or intimidation, and it covers a wide range of harmful behaviors directed at women and girls because of their gender. The inequality experienced by women regarding their participation in education, paid workforce and decision-making mechanisms negatively affects their access to economic and social resources. Any physical, verbal, psychological, sexual violence and maltreatment that occurs within a dating relationship is considered dating violence. Dating violence negatively affects the individual's quality of life by causing negative effects on a person's self-confidence and self-esteem. Adolescence is a period in which the individual develops an identity, is more questioning, reactive, sensitive, fragile and inexperienced towards life, society and norms compared to other developmental periods, and adopts the values of peer groups. Considering that dating relationships are generally established in adolescence and youth, lack of experience at a young age is one of the effective risk factors for this type of violence. Studies have shown that individuals who experience dating violence during the adolescence period, when vital values are newly formed, have no awareness of the violence experienced, or even if they have awareness, they cannot find a solution to this problem. Exposure to dating violence during adolescence chronicizes the violence, increasing the risk of being both a victim of violence and a perpetrator of violence in adulthood. Women, who have a more passive role due to their gender roles, are exposed to more dating violence than men. Women may even internalize the violence to which society exposes them and turn it into misogyny towards their fellow men.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind (participant, outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- In order to ensure similarity between groups; Stratified block randomization will be used to assign the women in the sample group to the experimental and control groups. According to the stratified block randomization method, imbalances that may arise in the experimental and control groups are limited. In this method, after stratification according to risk factors, block randomization is performed within each stratum (Akın \& Koçoğlu, 2017; Kanık, Taşdelen \& Erdoğan, 2011). 1st Layer: 1st grade students. 2nd Layer: 2nd grade students. 3rd Layer: 3rd Grade. grade students In order to determine which stratum group the woman who is found to meet the research criteria and agrees to participate in the study is in, blocks will be created with a combination of 8 and an assignment list will be determined through the website www.randomizer.org. Mersin and Tarsus University Midwifery departments were chosen due to the similarity of their core curricula and education in similar geography.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental Group | Experimental | Behavioral: The peer trainer will be subjected to assertiveness training based on dating violence and internalized misogyny by the researcher for 2 hours a day for 5 days.Participants will be informed that they must answer the surveys and forms completely and appropriately, as well as attend all training sessions and fulfill their session duties. At the end of the 3-week training program (interim measurement) and 4 weeks later (post-test), the Rathus Assertiveness Inventory, Internalized Misogyny Scale and Flirting Violence Attitude Scale will be converted into an online survey via Google Forms®, the link will be sent to the participants and they will be asked to fill it out. |
| Control Group | No intervention | –The control group will not be subjected to any training. The Control Group will fill out the Introductory Information Form, Rathus Assertiveness Inventory, Internalized Misogyny Scale, Flirting Violence Scale and Cyber Flirting Violence Scale simultaneously with the experimental group at the beginning of the study. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Participant must be over 18 years of age
- The participant is a woman
- The participant's ability to read, speak and write Turkish
- The participant must have had a dating relationship at least once in his or her life or is currently in a dating relationship.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Students who agree to participate in the research but do not attend any sessions of the training, who do not want to fill out the required surveys at any stage of the research, or who want to withdraw from the research at any stage of the research will be excluded from the sample.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| The peer trainer will be subjected to assertiveness training based on dating violence and internalized misogyny by the researcher for 2 hours a day for 5 days.The peer trainer will be subjected to assertiveness training based on dating violence and internalized misogyny by the researcher for 2 hours a day for 5 days. The peer educator will create a Whatsapp group with the experimental group participants and a name for the group will be found by mutual decision. The peer educator will schedule a time and date with the group. Each session will last approximately 60 minutes and the total training duration will be planned to be 3 weeks. One week and one month after the training is completed, the participants will fill out the scales again. | Behavioural | Experimental Group |
Primary outcome
The impact of Peer Education Based on Assertiveness Skills
Time frame: Within 2 month
The behavioral change attitude that occurs 1 week after the training will be measured according to the Passivity, Assertiveness and Aggression Scale, Internalized Misogyny Scale and Dating Violence Attitude Scale scores. Passivity, Assertiveness and Aggression Scale: Total score varies between 10 and 40. While low scores from the scale indicate high levels of passivity, assertiveness and aggression, high scores indicate low levels of passivity, assertiveness and aggression. Internalized Misogyny Scale: The total score that can be obtained from the scale varies between 17-119, and as the score increases, internalized misogyny also increases. Dating Violence Attitude Scale: The highest score that can be obtained from each item is 5 and the lowest score is 1. The average score of the scale approaching 5 indicates that individuals' attitudes towards dating violence are negative and they do not support dating violence behaviour.
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 Dec 2023.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing The peer trainer will be subjected to assertiveness training based on dating violence and internalized misogyny by the researcher for 2 hours a day for 5 days. in people with Dating Violence, run by Gazi University.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Dec 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact BUSRA GOK (+905380930633, busragok@tarsus.edu.tr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
The impact of Peer Education Based on Assertiveness Skills (time frame: Within 2 month). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Dec 2023.