The Effectiveness of a Dutch School-based Prevention Program on Social-emotional Skills and Juvenile Delinquency in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 286
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Self-control
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the prevention program Kapot Sterk is effective.
详细描述
Given the growing concerns about youth's involvement in criminal behavior, there is a strong need for effective interventions to prevent it. However, knowledge about the effectiveness of prevention programs for juveniles is currently lacking. Incredibly Strong (translate as Kapot Sterk) is a prevention program designed to improve self-esteem, self-control, and resistance to peer pressure among pupils in elementary schools. By enhancing these social-emotional skills, the program ultimately aims to reduce youths' vulnerability to recruitment and involvement in criminal activities. The effects of Incredibly Strong on juvenile delinquency and other life domains are investigated, using a randomized controlled trial (RCT).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 10 Years 至 13 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Every pupil who meets the inclusion criteria for the intervention program can participate in the study. The program is for pupils in their last or second-to-last year of elementary school.
- •Participants are 10-13 years old.
- •Participants attend school.
排除标准
- •- Participants are younger than 10 years old or older than 13 years old.
研究组 & 干预措施
experimental group
This group will participate in the program Kapot Sterk.
干预措施: Kapot Sterk (translate as Incredibly Strong) (Behavioral)
control group
This group will not participate in the program. They will receive the program afterwards, once data collection is finished.
结局指标
主要结局
Self-control
时间窗: baseline (T0), immediately after the program ended for the intervention group (or after the waiting period for the control group) (T1), and at 3 months post-program (T2).
will be measured using five items based on the Brief Self-Control Scale (Tangney et al., 2004) (e.g., "I am good at saying no to things that are hard to resist"). Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Items 3 and 4 will be reverse coded so that higher scores reflect higher self-control.
Self-esteem
时间窗: baseline (T0), immediately after the program ended for the intervention group (or after the waiting period for the control group) (T1), and at 3 months post-program (T2).
will be measured using an instrument based on items from the Dutch version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), developed for a study with children aged 8-12 years. The instrument contains five items (e.g., "I think positively about myself"), rated on a 3-point scale ranging from 1 (not true) to 3 (definitely true). Higher scores reflect greater self-esteem.
Peer pressure
时间窗: baseline (T0), immediately after the program ended for the intervention group (or after the waiting period for the control group) (T1), and at 3 months post-program (T2).
will be measured using ten items based on the Peer Pressure Scale (Sullivan, 2006). The original items have been translated into Dutch and adapted to reflect minor offenses typically committed by juveniles (e.g., "I feel pressure from my friends to steal something from a shop"). Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (absolutely never) to 5 (very often). Higher scores indicate greater levels of experienced peer pressure.
次要结局
- Perceived social support from parents, friends, and significant others(baseline (T0), immediately after the program ended for the intervention group (or after the waiting period for the control group) (T1), and at 3 months post-program (T2).)
- Externalizing behavior(baseline (T0) and at 3 months post-program (T2).)
- Knowledge of youth work(baseline (T0), immediately after the program ended for the intervention group (or after the waiting period for the control group) (T1), and at 3 months post-program (T2).)
研究者
Marit van de Mheen
PhD candidate
Utrecht University