CompletedNot Applicable

Dating Violence Prevention Program Focusing on Middle School Boys

United States180 participantsStarted 2019-10-01

Plain-language summary

This study will test a web-based intervention to enhance emotion regulation skills and parent-son relationship communication to decrease adolescent boys' risk for dating violence involvement as well as attitudes supporting relationship aggression.

Who can participate

Age range12 Years – 15 Years

SexMALE

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Inclusion criteria

✓. adolescent is between 12 and 15 years old
✓. adolescent identifies as male
✓. adolescent enrolled in the 7th or 8th grade at a participating school,
✓. parent/legal guardian and teen are English or Spanish speaking,
✓. parent/legal guardian and son reside together at least 50% of the time,
✓. parent/legal guardian is willing to provide consent for the adolescent to participate in the study,
✓. adolescent is willing to provide assent for their own participation.

Exclusion criteria

✕. adolescent or parent is unable to read at a 4th grade level or has developmental delays,
✕. other family members in household have previously participated in the study

What they're measuring

Change in dating violence perpetration and victimization from baseline to 24-months

Timeframe: At baseline, participants will report lifetime and past 6-month DV. For all other time points we will assess the past 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04312867

SponsorRhode Island Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-05-31

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