Category: Subjects Needed

B4U-ACT is supporting a new study from researchers at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. The research project aims to investigate the effects of minor-attracted persons disclosing their attractions on their mental health. 

People who are 18 or older, have disclosed an attraction to minors to another adult, and have not committed any sexual crimes against minors, are invited to participate by taking a 10-15 minute survey. Interested potential participants can learn more or complete the survey using the following link:

The researchers have also provided the following message with additional information about the study:

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Hello,

My name is Mindy Yates. I am a doctoral student in the School of Professional Psychology at Spalding University. I am inviting you to join a study about how successfully telling another adult about your attraction to minors affected your mental health. This study will also ask about basic information about who you told, what you believe made it go well, and what could have made it go even better, if anything.
To participate, you must be at least 18 years old, be attracted to minors, have successfully told an adult about your attraction to minors, and have never committed any sexual crimes against minors.
You will be asked to complete a 10-15 minute online survey. Your name and any personal information will not be asked. Your participation in this study will be completely anonymous. Your IP address will not be linked to your responses in this study. There is no penalty for exiting from this study at any time.

If you are interested in joining this study, please click the link below:
https://spalding.questionpro.com/t/AbCQgZ3OfQ

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out by email (myates04@spalding.edu or bnash@spalding.edu).

Thank you for your time!

Update, 12/18/2024: Minor-attracted people are still needed for this survey. If you meet the eligibility requirements, please consider participating!

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Original Post, 10/30/2023:

B4U-ACT is supporting a new study conducted by researchers at the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study aims to evaluate the “Help Wanted” program, an online program which aims to provide support to people who are sexually attracted to children.

Participants in the study will be eligible for up to $120 USD in gift cards as compensation for completing all components of the study.

To be eligible for the study, prospective participants must:

• Identify as men 
• Be at least 18 years old 
• Have a sexual attraction to prepubescent or early pubescent children (i.e., ages 0-14 years old)
• Have had no contact offense with a child
• Have not accessed Help Wanted in the past.

All research participants will be asked to: 

1. Provide a non-identifying email address so that we can send them study information and payment for their participation.
2. Complete an online survey before reviewing the Help Wanted Program, immediately after reviewing the program, and three months after reviewing the program (about 30 minutes each).
   – (Survey questions will ask about participants’ thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, including questions about overall wellbeing and sexual attraction to children.)
3. Review and share feedback on the Help Wanted Program online. Participants will have one month to review and share feedback on the program, which includes five sessions (each 5 to 10 minutes).
   – There is one feedback survey for each session (5 brief surveys, about 5 to 10 minutes each).

In addition, participants randomly selected to the control group will be asked to:

1. Complete one additional online survey than the program group.

Interested potential participants can follow the link below for more information from the researchers:

The following information sheet was also provided by the researchers. Click anywhere in the document to open as a pdf:

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Update, 3/25/2025: Recruitment for this study has ended, thank you to all who participated!

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Original Post, 11/16/2024:

Participants are needed for a new study conducted by a team of researchers from Alliant International University. The goal of the study is to increase mental treatment providers understanding of preferences/ goals for treatment in order to better provide appropriate treatment options for Minor-attracted persons.

The survey covers the following topics:

1. Past mental health treatment experiences
2. Barriers to treatment
3. Goals and preferences for mental health treatment
4. Attitudes towards seeking mental health support

People who identify as being attracted to minors are invited to participate by completing an approximately 15-minute anonymous survey. Interested potential participants may click the following link to participate or learn more:

The primary investigator of this study is Alissa Yargeau, BA., at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, San Diego, California (ayargeau@alliant.edu). This study has been approved by Alliant’s Institutional Review Board. For general questions about your rights as a research participant, please contact the Alliant International University Institutional Review Board at alliant-irb@alliant.edu.

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