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Preventing Sexual Aggression Among High School Boys

Primary Purpose

Violence

Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Your Voice Your View
Sponsored by
Lifespan
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional prevention trial for Violence

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adolescents at Rhode Island high schools will be eligible for enrollment according to the following criteria: 1) adolescent assent given; 3) passive consent of a parent/legal guardian is given. Teachers will be eligible to participate in educator assessments if consent is given.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • There are no exclusion criteria.

Sites / Locations

  • Rhode Island Hospital

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm Type

Experimental

No Intervention

Arm Label

Your Voice Your View

Wait List Control Group

Arm Description

Participants in schools assigned to the treatment group will engage in a four session intervention aimed at prevention of sexual violence. Your Voice Your View is grounded in social norms theory and bystander intervention training. The intervention also includes a social norms marketing campaign.

Participants in schools assigned to the wait list control group will complete survey assessments at the same schedule as schools assigned to the treatment group. Schools will have the option to implement Your Voice Your View following completion of the 6-month survey.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Perpetration of Sexual Violence Survey

Secondary Outcome Measures

Rate of Dating Violence Perpetration
Rape Myth Acceptance Survey
Bystander Intervention Skills Survey
Composite measure: Increase Positive Bystander Behavior, Decrease Barriers to Intervening, Increase Likelihood of Intervening

Full Information

First Posted
July 21, 2015
Last Updated
October 29, 2018
Sponsor
Lifespan
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT02506088
Brief Title
Preventing Sexual Aggression Among High School Boys
Official Title
Preventing Sexual Aggression Among High School Boys
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
October 2018
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
September 2015 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
October 2018 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
October 2018 (Actual)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Lifespan

4. Oversight

Data Monitoring Committee
Yes

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
The present research creates a partnership between researchers and a community agency to evaluate whether a sexual assault prevention program for high school students reduces perpetration of sexual violence among high school boys.
Detailed Description
The present research advances the science of sexual assault prevention by creating a mutually beneficial partnership between well-established sexual assault prevention researchers and a CDC Rape Prevention and Education Program (RPE)-funded community agency to conduct a rigorous experimental evaluation of universal primary prevention programming designed to reduce sexual aggression among high school boys. The present research tests multi-session prevention programming that targets change at multiple levels of the social ecology (i.e., individual-, peer- and community-level) through social norms theory and bystander education. Specifically, the present research evaluates Your Voice Your View. Your Voice Your View was developed and is currently administered in Rhode Island High Schools by the CDC RPE-funded agency Day One of Rhode Island. The program will be tested in a group randomized cluster trial among 10th graders at 30 high schools, with the aim of reducing perpetration of sexual aggression among high school boys. Specifically, this research will conduct a randomized controlled trial with a sample of 10th grade students to demonstrate efficacy of the intervention in reducing rates of sexual aggression among high school boys, rates of dating violence involvement, and related risk and protective factors over a 2- and 6-month follow-up in comparison to a wait-list control group. Thirty schools will be matched on demographic characteristics (i.e., % receiving subsidized lunch, racial/ethnic minority enrollment) and randomized to receive Your Voice Your View or to the wait-list control group.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Violence

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Outcomes Assessor
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
7910 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Your Voice Your View
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants in schools assigned to the treatment group will engage in a four session intervention aimed at prevention of sexual violence. Your Voice Your View is grounded in social norms theory and bystander intervention training. The intervention also includes a social norms marketing campaign.
Arm Title
Wait List Control Group
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
Participants in schools assigned to the wait list control group will complete survey assessments at the same schedule as schools assigned to the treatment group. Schools will have the option to implement Your Voice Your View following completion of the 6-month survey.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Your Voice Your View
Intervention Description
Session 1 of the intervention involves background information, an introduction to social norms, and bystander intervention skills training. Session 2 of the intervention establishes conditions for consent, types of abusive behavior and identifying abuse. Session 3 of the intervention addresses risk reduction strategies for girls. Session 3 of the intervention addresses false accusations, masculinity, and additional practice on identifying conditions for consent for boys. Session 4 of the intervention includes active practice of bystander intervention skills.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Perpetration of Sexual Violence Survey
Time Frame
up to 6-months
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Rate of Dating Violence Perpetration
Time Frame
up to 6 months
Title
Rape Myth Acceptance Survey
Time Frame
up to 6 months
Title
Bystander Intervention Skills Survey
Description
Composite measure: Increase Positive Bystander Behavior, Decrease Barriers to Intervening, Increase Likelihood of Intervening
Time Frame
up to 6 months

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Adolescents at Rhode Island high schools will be eligible for enrollment according to the following criteria: 1) adolescent assent given; 3) passive consent of a parent/legal guardian is given. Teachers will be eligible to participate in educator assessments if consent is given. Exclusion Criteria: There are no exclusion criteria.
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Lindsay M. Orchowski, Ph.D.
Organizational Affiliation
Rhode Island Hospital
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Rhode Island Hospital
City
Providence
State/Province
Rhode Island
ZIP/Postal Code
02904
Country
United States

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