NIH R01 Friend to Friend With Coaching

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Aggression

In brief

This study examines the effectiveness of the Friend to Friend (F2F) program when conducted by teachers and counselors with active coaching from the research team. The project involves 14 small group sessions for relationally aggressive girls and 8 classroom sessions. Students, teachers, counselors and parents at intervention and control schools fill out pre- and post- program questionnaires.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04164472

Run by

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

People needed

5250

Starts

2019-11-12

Expected to finish

2026-01-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-01

Who can join

Age: 7 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion Criteria for Students
• Students who do not speak English. 2) Students whose parents do not speak English or one of the foreign languages into which the Parent Information Sheet for Child Participation has been translated (who therefore cannot opt their child in or out of the study in an informed manner).
• Special education students who are not integrated within the regular education classroom.
• In intervention schools, boys are excluded from the F2F small group intervention, however, as noted above, all boys will participate in the class portion of the program. Boys in both conditions will complete screening and outcome assessment activities.
• Exclusion Criteria for Parents
• Parents who do not speak English or one of the foreign languages into which the Parent Information Sheet for Parent Participation and parent questionnaires have been translated.
• Parents of students in special education who are not integrated within the regular education classroom.
• Exclusion Criteria for Teachers/Counselors
• Teachers/counselors who do not speak English.
• Teachers/counselors who are not working with 4th-5th grade students at the participating school sites.
• Aim 2: Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria
• Aim 2 Inclusion Criteria - Schools 1) 10 of Friend to Friend with Coaching schools in Aim 1 will participate in Aim 2.
• Aim 2 Inclusion Criteria - Students
• 4th grade boys and girls who meet the same criteria as described in Aim 1.
• Similar to Aim 1, a peer rating procedure will be used to identify girls with relational aggression (GRAs) and prosocial role models.
• Aim 2 Inclusion Criteria - Parents 1) Same as Aim 1.
• Aim 2 Inclusion Criteria - Teachers/Counselors 1) Counselors and 4th grade teachers who participated in F2F with Coaching in Aim 1.
• Aim 2 Exclusion Criteria - Students, Parents, Teacher/Counselors
• Same as Aim 1.

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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