Trauma-Informed Peer Aggression and Dating Violence Prevention for Preteens Receiving Intensive Mental Health Services

Part of paid clinical trials in Providence, Rhode Island.

Sponsor
Rhode Island Hospital
Study ID
NCT06769282
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Aggression Childhood
  • Teen Dating Violence

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
11 Years - 13 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Experimental: Intervention (SPARE) plus Treatment as Usual — BEHAVIORAL
    5 components: (1) Social skills training, including selecting healthy friends and partners, (2) Problem solving with emphasis on positive outcomes of nonaggressive solutions, (3) Awareness of domineering behavior in self and conflict resolution skills, (4) emotion Regulation, and (5) psycho-education on ACEs and trauma. Each session will include 30 minutes of didactic instruction on the component with developmentally engaging activities to illustrate concepts and an individually tailored 15-minute narrative and mindfulness activity, which may address a traumatic memory depending on youth need and receptivity.
  • Treatment as Usual (TAU) — BEHAVIORAL
    Treatment As Usual consists of individual, family, occupational, and art therapy, social skills and emotion regulation groups, and therapeutic milieu. All staff and clinicians are trained in the Incredible Years Parenting Program, which aims reduce behavioral problems, enhance children's social and emotional competence, and improve child-parent interactions. Children also receive individualized treatment tailored for their needs (e.g., sleep interventions). Behavioral health needs staff (BHS) facilitate children's skill acquisition and generalization, implement individualized behavior contingency programs, and assist caregivers with parenting strategies via daily check-ins

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if this intervention (Social Skills, Problem Solving, emotion Regulation, and psycho-Education on Trauma: A Trauma-Informed Peer Aggression and Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program; SPARE) can treat peer aggression and prevent teen dating violence in preteens receiving intensive mental health services. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does receiving SPARE reduce proactive and reactive aggression at post-intervention and 3- and 9-month follow-ups? * Does receiving SPARE reduce positive attitude about TDV, prevent TDV behaviors, and improve mental health outcomes at post-intervention and 3- and 9-month follow-ups? Researchers will compare youth receiving SPARE to youth receiving treatment as usual to see if SPARE results in improved proactive and reactive aggression, TDV attitudes and behaviors, and mental health outcomes. Participants will: * Receive SPARE via group therapy incorporated into their daily programing at an intensive mental health program * Complete study questionnaires at program intake and discharge as well as at 3-month and 9-month follow-up assessments

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 25, 2024
Status verified
Dec 2024
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2026
Completion
Mar 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
88 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention (SPARE) plus Treatment as Usual
    Participants assigned to this arm will receive SPARE in the form of group therapy in addition to treatment as usual at a child partial program.
  • Active Comparator: Treatment As Usual
    Arm Description: Participants assigned to this arm will receive treatment as usual at a child partial program.

Primary Outcome Measure

Proactive and Reactive Aggression Questionnaire (PRA) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Termination of treatment at the child partial program (average of 7 weeks post-baseline), 3-month follow up, 9-month follow up ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Rhode Island HospitalProvidenceRhode Island02906
Elizabeth C Tampke, PhD
[email protected]
(401) 793-8351

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