Category: Subjects Needed

Participants are needed for a new research project being conducted by Project VERANDA in Germany, a initiative which aims to develop new software for video, audio and text chat anonymization, for use in remote psychotherapy. The survey aims to understand the barriers different people face when accessing care, especially with regard to anonymity, and how these barriers can be overcome.

Anyone who is 18 years of age or older and speaks either English or German is invited to participate by completing a 30-45 minute survey. Interested potential participants may click the following link to participate or learn more:

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

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We are developing video, audio and text anonymization tools to provide anonymous access to help and support healthcare services.

Therefore, we would like to get your input on the features and requirements for these tools. For this purpose, we have set up an anonymous survey to collect your feedback. With your participation, we hope to develop a free and trustworthy tool.

We are a group of researchers from the Charité University Hospital of Berlin and our project partners.

While the researchers are associated with and the project is born from sexual abuse prevention projects, this project is independent and intended to be used in a wider variety of use cases, not exclusively for prevention services.

If you want to know more or are willing to participate, you can find further information and the survey under the following link:

https://survey.charite.de/Gr_01

The survey will be running until 18.08.2025. We would greatly appreciate your participation! For inquiries, please contact Luke Flanagan: Luke.Flanagan@bih-charite.de

Update, 9/9/2025: Recruitment for this study will be closing soon. If you have not yet already, please consider participating!

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Original Post, 6/16/2025:

B4U-ACT is supporting a new study from researchers at Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. The research project aims to investigate perceptions of sexual satisfaction among individuals who are sexually attracted to children.

People who are 18 or older and identify as being sexually attracted to children are invited to participate by taking a 20 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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Call for Participants: Anonymous Survey on Sexual Satisfaction and Wellbeing

This survey aims to explore how individuals with a sexual attraction to children perceive and experience sexual satisfaction and fulfilment. One of the main goals is to understand how (if at all) sexual satisfaction is achieved and whether it contributes positively to overall wellbeing. The survey also explores at how sexual satisfaction and frustration relate to coping strategies, mental health, self-esteem, and other areas of psychological wellbeing. 

The survey is completely anonymous. No IP addresses are collected, it is accessible via a Tor browser, and demographic questions are optional. You can find the survey link below, with the first page containing further information about participation. If you have any questions, please contact Ellie Woodward at ellie.woodward@ntu.ac.uk (NTU Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, UK).

Survey Link: https://www.soscisurvey.de/sexualsatisfactionsurvey/

Please feel free to share this advert elsewhere to help increase the reach of the research.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Ellie

Participants are needed for a new study conducted by researchers at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, and Technische Universität Berlin. The study pertains to “Troubled Desire”, an online self-help service for people who are sexually attracted to children operated by the Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine (IfSS) at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

The study aims to test whether interventions as a part of the Troubled Desire programming have a positive effect on reducing participants’ likelihood to view illegal sexual images of minors and improving participants’ mental well-being. People who wish to seek help because have a tendency to use sexual images involving children may be eligible to participate.

Participation involves using the resources provided by Troubled Desire (including self-help pages and/or chat intervention) over a period of at least 12 weeks. Interested potential participants may click the following link to participate or learn more:

The following message was provided by the researchers:

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Would you like to stop using illegal sexual content involving minors and you are looking for support? On the Troubled Desire platform, we offer an anonymous and free self-help and chat study. You will receive professional support in a safe space – without fear of stigmatization. 

We – the team from the Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Faculty of Medicine at the International University of Catalonia – are experienced professionals with years of expertise in providing therapeutic support to people with who are attracted to minors and people who use illegal sexual content involving minors.

Our first study (October 2023 – November 2024) showed that the intervention was able to help the participants. A big thank you to everyone who showed an interest back then! 

For the new study, we have optimized some of the content and opened the inclusion criteria to allow a wider group of people to take part. What remains the same is that the help offer is completely anonymous, free of charge and subject to medical confidentiality in a protected, text-based chat.

Interested? For more information and to take part, click here: Chat study | TROUBLED-DESIRE Global Prevention Dunkelfeld

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Disclaimer: B4U-ACT is not affiliated with Troubled Desire. Professional support provided through their service is not vetted by B4U-ACT, and may not be reflective of our Principles and Perspectives of Practice or Guidelines for Psychotherapy. For more information about our guidelines for the studies we post about on our site, please see our Research Ethos.