Randomized, controlled online study to evaluate a health information campaign for the prevention of child sexual abuse material use

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00038927

Enrollment

2400

Registered

2026-01-09

Start date

2023-09-12

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-12

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Conditions

Prevention of child sexual abuse and child sexual abuse material

Interventions

Group 1: Factual-educational message: Participants in this group were presented with a short, text-based informational message providing accurate and destigmatizing facts about CSAM, pedophilia, and t

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: live in Portugal or Spain have sufficient language skills in Spanish or Portuguese

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
What: Affective state, knowledge transfer, intention to act, and stigmatization When: Immediately before (t0) and after (t1) single exposure to the respective intervention or control message; follow-up measurement (t2) after three to four weeks How: Four-dimensional Stigma Scale by Jahnke et al. (2015); Affect grid (Russel et al., 1989); the other questionnaires consist of questions developed by the researchers specifically for this survey.	—

Measure

Time frame

What: Affective state, knowledge transfer, intention to act, and stigmatization When: Immediately before (t0) and after (t1) single exposure to the respective intervention or control message; follow-up measurement (t2) after three to four weeks How: Four-dimensional Stigma Scale by Jahnke et al. (2015); Affect grid (Russel et al., 1989); the other questionnaires consist of questions developed by the researchers specifically for this survey.

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Countries

Portugal, Spain

Contacts

Public ContactViola Westfal

Institut für Sexualwissenschaft und Sexualmedizin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

viola.westfal@charite.de+49 30 450 529 302

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 25, 2026