Resilience in Girls Victims of Sexual Abuse

The Efficacy of the Psychological Resilience Program for the Adolescent Girls Who Are Victims of Sexual Abuse

İn this study, it was aimed to examine the effectiveness of the psychological resilience program for adolescent girls after sexual abuse.This study is a randomized controlled trial.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Child Sexual Abuse
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Psychological Resilience Program

Detailed Description

Sexual abuse, which is a universal problem, affects the functioning of many institutions of society and can lead to lifelong physical, mental and social problems and health problems for children.The process of coping and adapting to stressful challenges such as sexual abuse is explained by psychological resilience.

Social support provided by parents, peers and professionals from the onset of sexual abuse contributes positively to children's lives and facilitates adaptation.Group therapies to be applied to abuse victims can increase perceived social support by reducing negative effects such as shame and stigmatization.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 38
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Serdivan
    • Sakarya, Serdivan, Turkey, 54100
      • Sakarya University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 11 years to 16 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having applied to a child advocacy center due to sexual abuse
• Being a girl in the 11-18 age group
• The cognitive competence required to maintain the measurement tools and the training process to have
• Volunteering to participate in the research
• Being open to communication and cooperation
• No severe psychiatric disorder (such as psychosis, neurosis)
• The child can become literate (to be able to use assessment tools)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not wanting to participate in the research
• To continue the group training or to fill in the measurement tools to be applied cognitive and physical dysfunction that would constitute an obstacle.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Psychological resilience training program; Children in the intervention group participated in a psychological resilience program organized as a group activity.	Behavioral: Psychological Resilience Program; The psychological resilience program was applied to the children in the intervention group twice a week for a total of 5 weeks. Each session consisted of 90 minutes of structured practice. The application is carried out using narrative therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodrama and analogy techniques, self-assessment and didactic teaching techniques. In addition, participants were engaged in self-regulation exercises and positive imagery activities. Each session includes practices on empathy, stress management, resilience, realistic and unrealistic thinking, optimism and pessimism, autonomy and humor related to resilience.
No Intervention: control group; Children in the control group did not receive any intervention. There was also no intervention for the family members accompanying the children.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
For children Resiliency Attitudes and Skills Profile (RASP)	The increase in the score obtained from the scale is associated with an increase in resilience. The aim is to define four sub-factors related to psychological resilience: (1) relationships and values, (2) insight and creativity, (3) independence and entrepreneurship, and (4) humor. The scale consists of 34 items on a 4-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (4)	6 months
For children Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Adolescent Form:	It consists of 24 items and is a 7-point Likert scale ranging from (7) Strongly agree to (1) Strongly disagree. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 24, and the highest score is 168. A high score indicates a high level of self-recovery power.	6 months
For children Resilience Scale(RS)	It consists of 24 items and is a 7-point Likert scale ranging from (7) Strongly agree to (1) Strongly disagree. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 24, and the highest score is 168. A high score indicates a high level of self-recovery power.	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
For parents(Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Parent Form (SDQ)	The scale consists of 25 questions and five sub-dimensions, as in the child form. The sub-dimensions, attention deficit and hyperactivity, behavioral problems, emotional problems, and peer problems, show the difficulties experienced separately. The total difficulty score can be calculated by summing these four sub-dimensions. The social behaviors sub-dimension refers to strength.	6 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
For parents Beck Depression Inventory (BDI):	The 21-item scale, each consisting of four options, includes assessments of how people have felt in the last week. A high score determines the severity of depressive symptoms.	6 months
For parents Beck Anxiety Scale (BAS)	The scale consists of 21 items and is a 4-point Likert-type self-assessment scale scored between 0 and 3. The questions aimed to evaluate how people have felt in the last week. The increase in the obtained score determines the high level of anxiety.	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sakarya University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: GÜLGÜN DURAT, PhD, Sakarya University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 15, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): June 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 16, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 30, 2022
• First Posted (Estimate): January 6, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): January 6, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 30, 2022
• Last Verified: December 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: SU-OKSAL-001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No