N/A N=60 Prevention

Empowerment Self-Defense Training for the Prevention of Victimization of Transgender Women

Violence, Sexual

Bottom Line

View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04934189 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Apr 2024

Primary outcome: Primary: Average Rating on Sexual Assertiveness at Baseline — 2.77 score on a scale

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: N/A
Interventions: Empowerment Self Defense Training (Behavioral)
Age: Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex: All
Sponsor: Hunter College of City University of New York
Primary completion: Jun 2022

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Average Rating on Sexual Assertiveness at Baseline	2.77	—
PRIMARY Change in Sexual Assertiveness From Baseline to 3 Month Followup	2.47	.08
PRIMARY Change in Sexual Assertiveness From Baseline to 6 Month Follow up	2.44	.005 sig
PRIMARY Average Number of Resistance Tactics Endorsed at Baseline	4.31	—
PRIMARY Change in Resistance Tactics From Baseline to 3 Month Follow up	4.41	0.40
PRIMARY Change in Resistance Tactics From Baseline to 6 Month Follow up	4.34	.49
PRIMARY Average Use of Dating Self-Protection Against Rape Strategies at Baseline	3.64	—
PRIMARY Change in Dating Self-Protection Against Rape From Baseline to 3 Month Follow up	3.44	.21
PRIMARY Change in Dating Self-Protection Against Rape From Baseline to 6 Month Follow up	3.68	.47
SECONDARY Average Endorsement of Rape Myth Acceptance at Baseline Scale	1.81	—
SECONDARY Change in Rape Myth Acceptance From Baseline to 3 Month Follow up	1.64	.16
SECONDARY Change in Rape Myth Acceptance From Baseline to 6 Month Follow up Scale	1.78	.38
SECONDARY Baseline Average Rating of Resistance Self-Efficacy	4.59	—
SECONDARY Change in Resistance Self-Efficacy From Baseline to 3 Month Follow up	4.41	.35
SECONDARY Change in Resistance Self-Efficacy From Baseline to 6 Month Follow up	5.04	.17
SECONDARY Average Rape Attribution at Baseline	—	—
SECONDARY Change in Rape Attribution From Baseline to Follow up Assessments	—	—
SECONDARY Average Rating of Gender Identity Non-Affirmation, Internalized Transphobia, Concealment, Community Connectedness, and Pride	1.78; 0.96; 1.76; 1.88; 2.12; 2.03	—
SECONDARY Change in Non-Affirmation, Internalized Transphobia, Concealment, Community Connectedness, and Pride From Baseline to 3 Month Follow up	1.41; 0.77; 1.72; 2.05; 2.20; 1.75	.02 sig
SECONDARY Change in Gender Identity Non-Affirmation, Internalized Transphobia, Concealment, Community Connectedness, and Pride From Baseline to 6 Month Follow up	1.28; 0.69; 1.57; 1.69; 2.20; 2.00	<.001 sig
SECONDARY Percentage of Participants Endorsing Rape, Sexual Assault, and No Sexual Victimization at Baseline	9; 9; 19	—
SECONDARY Change in Percentage of Participants Endorsing Rape, Sexual Assault, and No Victimization From Baseline to 3 Month Followup	7; 7; 22	—
SECONDARY Change in Percentage of Participants Endorsing Rape, Sexual Assault, and No Victimization From Baseline to 6 Month Followup	5; 7; 24	.04 sig
SECONDARY Baseline Average Likelihood of Endorsing Gender-Based Victimization	.92	—
SECONDARY Change in Endorsement of Gender-Based Victimization From Baseline to 3 Month Follow up	1	.38
SECONDARY Change in Endorsement of Gender-Based Victimization From Baseline to 6 Month Follow up	1.12	.25

Summary

The proposed project aims to develop and refine a tailored Empowerment Self Defense (ESD) violence prevention training for diverse TW through a series of sequential Aims: a) develop an initial draft of an ESD violence prevention curriculum tailored to TW (Aim 1); b) evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of recruitment, assessment procedures, retention and follow-up procedures, and implementation of the new intervention (Aim 2); and c) assess the preliminary efficacy of the tailored intervention program to increase use of self-protective resistance strategies, mitigate minority stressors and attitudinal barriers to self-defense, and reduce rates of exposure to violence (Exploratory Aim). The investigators will accomplish these aims using a two-phase research design that begins with formative qualitative work engaging research partners on a community board and a small sample of research participants. Information for Phase 1 can be located in Protocol number 2020-0017. Further refinement and assessment of the feasibility and acceptability of the curriculum using Phase 1 findings will occur in Phase 2 through the delivery of the tailored ESD curriculum to 3 groups of 16 TW. To assess the preliminary efficacy of the tailored intervention, program participants will complete a battery of validated questionnaires assessing use of resistance strategies, gender-minority and general psychological factors hypothesized to mediate the behavioral effects of the intervention, and exposure to victimization experiences prior to, immediately following, and 6 months post-completion of the training. Together, the proposed research will lay the foundation for a large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the tailored ESD violence prevention curriculum.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Transgender women (i.e., male assigned at birth, currently identified on the transfeminine spectrum)
Between the ages of 18 and 65.

Exclusion Criteria

Cisgender men and women
Transgender men

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