It's Your Game: An Innovative Approach to Preventing Teen Dating Violence

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Domestic Violence; Interpersonal Relationships; Adolescent Behavior; Physical Violence

• Registration Number: NCT03482687
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate Me \& You: Building Healthy Relationships, a classroom- and computer-based healthy relationships and dating violence prevention curriculum for 6th grade students, in a large, urban public school district in Southeast Texas.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this three year study is to evaluate Me \& You: Building Healthy Relationships, a classroom- and computer-based healthy relationships and dating violence prevention curriculum for 6th grade students, in a large, urban public school district in Southeast Texas. This curriculum was adapted from an existing effective sex education and relationship curriculum, It's Your Game...Keep it Real (IYG), which was enhanced to more explicitly address teen dating violence (TDV) and encompass multiple levels of the social-ecological model (e.g., youth, family, school staff). A randomized two-arm, nested design was conducted among 6th grade students, where students receiving the curriculum were compared to students receiving usual care. Ten middle schools participated in the study, five schools were randomly assigned to receive the curriculum and five to receive usual care. Outcomes were assessed at baseline, immediately following the intervention, and 12 months after baseline. Parental permission and student assent were obtained prior to administration of the surveys. The primary hypothesis is that students who receive the curriculum will have significantly lower TDV perpetration than those who do not receive the curriculum.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-09
• Primary Completion: 2015-05
• Study Completion: 2015-05
• Study First Submitted: 2016-05-25
• Status Verified: 2018-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-03-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-03-22
• Study First Posted: 2018-03-29
• Last Update Posted: 2018-03-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 834

Inclusion Criteria

• 6th graders attending regular classes in ten study schools in large, urban school district in Southeast Texas

Exclusion Criteria

• No students were excluded based on race/ethnicity, age, or gender.
• Students were informed that surveys and the intervention were only available in English and were asked to consider their comfort level with participating in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percent of youth who perpetrated any type of teen dating violence as indicated by the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory	One year	Validated self report measure by Wolfe et al.
Percent of youth who were victimized by any type of teen dating violence as indicated by the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory	One year	Validated self report measure by Wolfe et al.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percent of youth who perpetrated psychological teen dating violence as indicated by the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory	One year	Validated self report measure by Wolfe et al.
Percent of youth who were victimized by psychological teen dating violence as indicated by the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory	One year	Validated self report measure by Wolfe et al.
Percent of youth who perpetrated physical teen dating violence as indicated by the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory	One year	Validated self report measure by Wolfe et al.
Percent of youth who were victimized by physical teen dating violence as indicated by the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory	One year	Validated self report measure by Wolfe et al.
Percent of youth who perpetrated sexual teen dating violence as indicated by the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory	One year	Validated self report measure by Wolfe et al.
Percent of youth who were victimized by sexual teen dating violence as indicated by the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory	One year	Validated self report measure by Wolfe et al.
Percent of youth who perpetrated electronic teen dating violence as indicated measures adapted from Picard and Zweig	One year	Validated self report measure by Picard et al. and Zweig et al.
Percent of youth who were victimized by electronic teen dating violence as indicated measures adapted from Picard and Zweig	One year	Validated self report measure by Picard et al. and Zweig et al.
Mean score reflecting student norms toward violence for boys and girls as indicated byt the Acceptance of Dating Abuse Survey	One year	Validated self report measure by Foshee et al.
Mean score for self-efficacy to resolve conflict as indicated by the Teen Conflict Survey	One year	Validated self report measure by Dahlberg et al.
Percent of youth reported one or more positive coping strategies as indicated by the Kidcope-Child Survey Form	One year	Kidcope-Child Form by Laslo et al.
Mean score of constructive and destructive conflict resolution skills as indicated by valid scales developed by Foshee et al.	One year	Validated self report measure by Foshee et al.
Mean score for attitudes towards sexting as indicated by a scale developed by Strassberg et al.	One year	Validated self report measure by Strassberg et al.
Mean score related to a student's belief in the need for help for dating violence victimization as indicated by measures developed by Foshee et al.	One year	Validated self report measure by Foshee et al.
Mean score for perceived peer dating violence perpetration (from the perspective of student) - newly developed	One year	newly developed self-report measure
Mean score for parental communication about drugs, sex, and relationships as indicated by measures developed by Tharp et al.	One year	Validated self report measure by Tharp and Noonan
Percent of youth who indicated social support from source as indicated by measures adapted from the Social Support Rating Scale	One year	Validated self report measure by Cauce et al.
Percent of youth who perpetrated bullying as indicated by measures developed by Wang et al.	One year	Validated self report measure by Wang et al.
Percent of youth who were victimized by bullying as indicated by measures developed from Wang et al.	One year	Validated self report measure by Wang et al.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Melissa Fleschler Peskin; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States