Staying Strong With Schools - A School-Based Resilience Support Intervention for Military-Connected Children: A Preliminary Examination of Efficacy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 190
- 试验地点
- 20
- 主要终点
- The Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to examine whether Staying Strong With Schools, a school-based intervention to support military-connected children, will be helpful for school professionals and military parents in supporting specific needs of this population of children. As part of the partnership between three school districts in Massachusetts and the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program, the investigators will examine the efficacy of a training delivered to these schools. The schools will be randomly divided into two groups (like a toss of a coin). Half of the schools will receive the training in 2014-2015, and the other half will be waitlisted and receive the training the following year (2015-2016). All participants (school teachers, military-connected children, and their parents) will be asked to complete questionnaires the first year. The investigators hypothesize that, compared to the control schools, at the end of the school year, SSWS schools will be associated with: (1) greater sense of competence and quality of relationships with military-connected children (MCC) among school professionals; (2) lower parental distress and increased parental sense of competence and general family functioning; and (3) increased social support, and fewer academic, emotional, and behavioral problems among MCC. The investigators hypothesize that an increase in school professionals' sense of competence in identifying and handling MCC's needs, increased quality of relationships with MCC, lower parental distress, increased parental sense of competence, and increased general family functioning will mediate the efficacy of SSWS on MCC's social support and psychosocial functioning.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 6 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •For school teachers: age 18 or older, employed as teacher in a participating school, willingness to participate in the intervention and able to participate in the informed consent process.
- •For military-connected children: age < 18, and currently in grade 1 through 6, student in a participating school, at least one parent who currently serves, or had served in the military since 9/11/01, children without a participating classroom teacher will not receive teacher-rated assessments, but will not be excluded from the school based intervention, parent gives permission for child to participate.
- •For military parents: male or female, age 18 or older, parent of a child enrolled in one of the participating schools, parent or co-parent currently serves, or had served in the military since 9/11/01, parent of a military-connected child that is eligible to participate, willing to participate, and able to give informed consent, and permission to release test scores, and have their child participate in SSWS, and self-report, parental and teachers' assessments.
排除标准
- •For teachers: unable to attend the initial training, unable to participate in the informed consent process.
- •For military-connected children: decline participation, determination by the principal or teacher that participation would not be in the military-connected child's best interest for any reason.
- •For military parents: unable to participate in the informed consent process.
结局指标
主要结局
The Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale
时间窗: up to two years
Teachers' Sense of Efficacy is the beliefs in their capability to make a difference in student learning, to be able to get through even to students who are difficult or unmotivated. The Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale asks teachers to assess their capability concerning instructional strategies, student engagement, and classroom management. It will assess teachers' sense of competence in handling military-connected children's needs.
The Student-Teacher Relationship Scale
时间窗: up to two years
The Student-Teacher Relationship Scale (STRS) is widely used to examine teachers' relationships with young students in terms of closeness, conflict, and dependency. It will assess the quality of teachers' relationships with military-connected children.
次要结局
- Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale(up to two years)
- McMaster Family Assessment Device(up to two years)
- Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition(up to two years)
- Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale(up to two years)
- Parenting Sense of Competence Scale(up to two years)
研究者
Eric Bui, MD, PhD
Eric Bui, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital