A Brief Intervention to Prevent Adolescent Dating Aggression Perpetration
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Offensive Aggression, Sexual Aggression, Dating Violence Perpetration and Victimization
In brief
The proposed study is a test of the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a brief motivational interview style intervention. The intervention will take place in the pediatric emergency department of the Boston University Medical Center by a trained interventionist and will follow an intervention manual developed by a team of dating abuse and brief intervention experts. The study will involve two randomized groups of youth age 15-19: one group will receive the intervention and the other will not. The study will compare changes in data from baseline to 3- and 6-month follow-up for those in both groups. Outcomes including dating abused related knowledge, attitudes about the use of violence to resolve conflict, and dating abuse behavior (perpetration and/or victimization) will be assessed. The hypothesis of this study is that youth who receive the intervention will show improvements in dating abuse related knowledge, attitudes and behavior that are maintained for 6 months, while those in the control group will show no similar change.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02080923
- Run by
- Boston University
- People needed
- 220
- Starts
- 2014-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-06-13
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-06-21
Who can join
Age: 15 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- must be a patient of the Pediatric Emergency Department or adolescent outpatient center at the Boston University Medical Center
- must be 15-19 years old
- have used at least one form of physical or sexual aggression against a dating or sexual partner in the past three months
- English-speaking
You may not qualify if…
- patient's reason for visit to the healthcare center is an acute mental health problem
- patient is a prisoner or juvenile detainee
- patient is determined to be a potentially lethal dating abuse offender based on a lethality checklist
- patient has cognitive or psychiatric limitations that render him/her unable to complete the eligibility form independently
- currently attending a batterer intervention program
- receiving care for violent trauma victimization
- appears intoxicated or high on drugs at the time of eligibility screening, or has informed medical staff that they are
Where it is running
- Boston University School of Public Health — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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