An Evidence-based Approach for Bullying Prevention

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Substance Use; Substance Abuse; Bullying; Cyberbullying
• Interventions: Behavioral: LST MS curriculum; Behavioral: LST MS curriculum+ Bullying/Cyberbulling serious game

• Registration Number: NCT03205059
• Lead Sponsor: National Health Promotion Associates, Inc.

Brief Summary

This Phase II SBIR project is designed to address the critical public health problem of bullying and cyberbullying among middle school age youth. The project involves developing and testing bullying and cyberbullying prevention materials, including interactive classroom sessions and corresponding serious games, based on the evidence-based substance abuse prevention approach called Life Skills Training. The product has the potential to fill a gap in the intervention tools currently available to schools that can be widely disseminated throughout the country using existing marketing and dissemination channels and decrease the adverse consequences of bullying and cyberbullying as well as substance abuse.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-06-01
• Study First Submitted: 2017-06-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-06-28
• Study First Posted: 2017-07-02
• Status Verified: 2019-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-01-03
• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-07
• Primary Completion: 2020-05
• Study Completion: 2020-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3000

Inclusion Criteria

• Middle school aged-youth

Exclusion Criteria

• Significant cognitive impairment or severe learning disabilities, as screened by field staff at participating sites

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
LST MS curriculum	LST MS curriculum	-
LST MS curriculum+ Bullying/Cyberbullying serious game	LST MS curriculum+ Bullying/Cyberbulling serious game	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in bullying/cyberbullying perpetration in the past two years	Post-test (within 2 weeks of completing final session/module of the intervention), 12-month follow-up, 24-month follow-up	The investigators will assess (via questionnaire) key study variables regarding bullying and cyberbullying and hypothesized risk and protective factors. These outcomes will be examined and compared in both the intervention group and the active comparator group at a post-test assessment and 12-month and 24-month follow-up assessments.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Health Promotion Associates; 🇺🇸 White Plains, New York, United States