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The goal of this study is to find out how well adolescents in Dutch-speaking secondary schools in Brussels can recognize emotional neglect, and how this relates to their intention to seek help.
The main research questions are:
This study is conducted through an online survey. Participants will read one of four short written stories about an adolescent experiencing emotional neglect. The stories vary by gender (boy or girl) and by the clarity of the neglect (clear or ambiguous). After reading, participants answer questions about the story, including their thoughts and how they might respond in a similar situation. They also answer questions about their own experiences and attitudes toward help-seeking.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| boy x clear situation | Experimental | Participants are exposed to a vignette describing a boy in a clear emotional neglect situation. |
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| boy x ambiguous situation | Experimental | Participants are exposed to a vignette describing a boy in a ambiguous emotional neglect situation. |
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| girl x ambiguous situation | Experimental | Participants are exposed to a vignette describing a girl in a ambiguous emotional neglect situation. |
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| girl x clear situation | Experimental | Participants are exposed to a vignette describing a girl in a clear emotional neglect situation. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Emotional neglect vignettes | Behavioral | Participants are randomly assigned to one of four written vignettes of adolescents experiencing emotional neglect. Each vignette differs by gender (boy or girl) and by situation clarity (ambiguous or clear). |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Recognition of emotional neglect | Recognition is measured by asking participants to indicate whether emotional neglect is present in the vignette, using a 4-point Likert scale (1 = definitely not, 2 = probably not, 3 = probably yes, 4 = definitely yes). Higher scores indicate greater recognition of emotional neglect. Scores will be analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) with age as a covariate. Factors include participant gender (boy or girl), vignette gender (boy or girl), and type of situation (ambiguous or clear). Exploratory analyses may examine recognition of other types of maltreatment (physical abuse, physical neglect, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse). | Immediately after reading the vignette |
| Help-seeking intention | Help-seeking intention is measured by asking participants to indicate whether they would seek help in the situation described in the vignette, using a 4-point Likert scale (1 = definitely not, 2 = probably not, 3 = probably yes, 4 = definitely yes). Higher scores indicate greater intention to seek help. Scores will be analyzed using linear regression, with recognition as the independent variable and help-seeking intention as the dependent variable. Additional analyses will test whether perceived severity and anticipated risk of future harm moderate the relationship between recognition and help-seeking intention. | Immediately after reading the vignette |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Severity | Severity is measured by asking participants to indicate how severe they perceived the situation described in the vignette, using a 4-point Likert scale (1 = not at all severe, 2 = not severe, 3 = severe, 4 = very severe). Higher scores indicate greater perceived severity. | Immediately after reading the vignette |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Fiona Roulent | Contact | +32 2 629 36 52 | Fiona.Madona.Roulent@vub.be | |
| Johan Vanderfaeillie | Contact | Johan.Vanderfaeillie@vub.be |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Recruiting | Brussels | Brussels Capital | 1050 | Belgium |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000066505 | Help-Seeking Behavior |
| ID | Term |
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| D012919 | Social Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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Interventional study employing vignettes to examine adolescents' recognition of emotional neglect and help-seeking behavior
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| Risk of future harm |
Risk of future harm is measured by asking participants to estimate the probability that the adolescent in the vignette will experience future physical or emotional problems. Each type of problem is rated on a 6-point Likert scale (1 = no chance, 2 = very small chance, 3 = small chance, 4 = moderate chance, 5 = large chance, 6 = very large chance). Higher scores indicate greater anticipated risk of future harm. |
| Immediately after reading the vignette |