A Brief Intervention

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dating Violence; Dating Abuse
• Interventions: Behavioral: Brief, motivational interview and one booster session

• Registration Number: NCT01632176
• Lead Sponsor: Boston University

Brief Summary

This randomized controlled trial (RCT) study is a small scale test of the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a brief motivational interview-style intervention. The intervention took place in the pediatric emergency departments by a trained interventionist and will followed an intervention algorithm developed by a team of dating abuse and brief intervention experts. The research design is as follows: the investigators will randomize youth ages 12-19 years old to one of two groups: one group who receives the intervention (N=\~18), and the other which does not (N=\~18). The investigators compared changes in outcomes from baseline to 1-month follow-up for those in both groups. The investigators looked at outcomes including dating abuse-related knowledge, attitudes about the use of violence to resolve conflict, and dating abuse behavior (perpetration and/or victimization).

Statement of study hypothesis: Youth who receive the intervention will show improvements in dating abuse-related knowledge, attitudes and behavior that are maintained for 1 month, while those in the comparison group will show no similar change.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-06-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-06-29
• Study Start: 2012-07
• Study First Posted: 2012-07-02
• Primary Completion: 2013-01
• Study Completion: 2014-05
• Status Verified: 2017-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

• 15-19 years old
• English-speaking
• Have used at least one form of physical or sexual aggression against a dating or sexual partner in the past three months

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient's reason for ED visit is an acute mental health problem (e.g., suicidal ideation or attempt, severe anxiety attack)
• Patient is a prisoner
• Patient is determined to be potentially lethal
• Patient attends batterer intervention classes

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Brief, motivational interview and one booster session	Patients in the intervention group will participate in brief, motivational interview and one booster session to prevent adolescent dating abuse.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dating abuse perpetration	1 month	Self-reported perpetration of dating abuse, including acts such as pushing, hitting, kicking and forcing partner to have sex.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Boston Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States