Category: Subjects Needed

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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Participants are needed for a new study conducted by a team of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the University of Bergen, and Stop it Now. The study is part of Prevent and Protect through Support (2PS), an EU funded project aimed at preventing child sexual abuse and exploitation, including through offering resources to people attracted to children.

The goal of the study is to receive feedback regarding the messaging/approach of a new online support platform for MAPs. The survey covers the following topics: 1) current well-being and motivation for treatment, 2) evaluation of the messages and 3) sexual interests.

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

Go to survey

 

Questions about the study can be directed to Viola Westfal (viola.westfal@charite.de).

Disclaimer: B4U-ACT is not affiliated with 2PS, and the perspectives presented in the questionnaire are not endorsed by B4U-ACT. As the study is intended to seek feedback for the program’s messaging and approach, we believe MAPs may want to participate in this study, whether they agree with these perspectives or wish to express dissatisfaction with them.

 

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]B4U-ACT is supporting a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Paris-Saclay in Évry, France. The study aims to address stigmatization of people attracted to children, access to resources intended to provide support, and whether support received was from the private or public sector. The study is part of the masters dissertation of Vanina Guglielmi, under the review of dissertation supervisor Sébastien Petit.

Participation involves completing a 20–30 minute survey. The survey is offered as an English translation from the researcher’s original French, but may be made available in other languages if needed. Anyone who identifies as being attracted to minors is eligible to participate.

Interested potential participants may click the following link to participate or learn more:

 

The following announcement text was also provided by the researcher:

This is an anonymous survey which aims to provide statistical answers to certain questions concerning, for example, the number of people sexually attracted to minors who have had access to public or private aid, or the number of people attracted to minors who have been victims of stigmatization and the consequences thereof.

This survey is carried out as part of a masters dissertation at the University of Paris Saclay Evry Val-d’Essone. In order to participate in this survey, the only requirements are that you be MAP. The questionnaire is in English but if you do not speak the language and wish to participate, I will take note of it and possibly offer the questionnaire in the desired translation. The response time devoted to this survey depends on you but it is between 20 to 30 minutes.

Depending on the number of responses and the quality of the developments submitted, I could possibly carry out a comparative study between the different profiles. Finally, this survey will be available for several months until June. As I said, it’s anonymous and doesn’t contain Java script. To participate, click on the following link: https://starsky.limesurvey.net/118674?lang=en

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