An Evidence-based Approach for Bullying Prevention
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Enrollment
- 3,000
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in bullying/cyberbullying perpetration in the past two years
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 11 Years to 14 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Middle school aged-youth
Exclusion Criteria
- •Significant cognitive impairment or severe learning disabilities, as screened by field staff at participating sites
Arms & Interventions
LST MS curriculum+ Bullying/Cyberbullying serious game
Intervention: LST MS curriculum+ Bullying/Cyberbulling serious game (Behavioral)
LST MS curriculum
Intervention: LST MS curriculum (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in bullying/cyberbullying perpetration in the past two years
Time Frame: 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.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Christopher Williams
Senior Vice President
National Health Promotion Associates, Inc.