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The problem
Intervention: Survey of young people's willingness to disclose safety concerns after exposure to hypothetical unsafe scenarios involving adults or peers
Who it was tested with: 3,400+ young people aged 10–18 in Australia, including those in mainstream settings, out-of-home care, and community welfare organisations.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"After viewing hypothetical unsafe scenarios involving either an adult or peer, participants were asked whether – and whom – they would tell someone if such a situation occurred." The researchers assessed young people's stated disclosure intentions through a survey method that captures perceptions of who they would trust, providing evidence of the first step in the disclosure process but not what actually occurs in practice.
The study is based on hypothetical scenarios rather than actual disclosure behaviour, and does not assess whether disclosures lead to appropriate protective responses. The cross-sectional design does not establish causation for differences between groups.
Across countries and designs
1 study · 1 country
