Thank you for your interest in participating in this research! This page provides you with some general details about the study we are conducting. If you are interested in participating, please enter an anonymous email address where we can reach you.
Purpose of the Study:
Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health are conducting a study examining the effectiveness of Talking for Change (TFC), a secondary prevention program offering psychotherapy to individuals who are concerned about their risk of perpetrating child sexual abuse. This study is being done to assess the efficacy of the TFC group therapy model in reducing risks related to child sexual abuse, improving mental health of clients, and to learn more about why it works. We know from our previous evaluation of TFC that most people who participate experience a reduction in their risk of engaging in these behaviours. This study will compare these changes to changes that might occur as a result of mental health interventions in general, or as a result of the simple passage of time. This study will provide strong evidence as to whether the specific interventions used in TFC help people manage their feelings and distress, reduce their risks of offending, and also improve other factors like protective factors and general mental health.
As part of this study, we are looking for people who are not currently being treated with TFC to participate in an interview and complete an anonymous survey, which will help us understand the effectiveness of the therapy program we are currently evaluating in other participants. For this part of the study we are doing, you have the opportunity to participate in both an interview with one of our research team and complete an anonymous online survey. We will compensate you for your time.
Use a non-identifying email address
Please provide a secure, non-identifying email address that does not contain any personally identifying information (e.g., any portion of your legal name). We ask for your email address so that we can directly email you to schedule a date and time for an interview and provide you with instructions for connecting with a study team member on the day of your interview. Your email address will not be linked with your survey responses.
If you need to create a secure, non-identifying email, we recommend Proton Mail because of its strong security settings.
To sign up for Proton Mail, you can search 'pronton mail' in a search engine or go to https://proton.me/mail and click the “Get Proton Mail” button in the upper-right corner, and follow the instructions for signing up for a free account.
