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CompletedNCT01632176

A Brief Intervention

A Brief Intervention to Prevent Adolescent Dating Aggression Perpetration

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
36 (actual)
Sponsor
Boston University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
15 Years – 19 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This randomized controlled trial (RCT) study is a small scale test of the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a brief motivational interview-style intervention. The intervention took place in the pediatric emergency departments by a trained interventionist and will followed an intervention algorithm developed by a team of dating abuse and brief intervention experts. The research design is as follows: the investigators will randomize youth ages 12-19 years old to one of two groups: one group who receives the intervention (N=\~18), and the other which does not (N=\~18). The investigators compared changes in outcomes from baseline to 1-month follow-up for those in both groups. The investigators looked at outcomes including dating abuse-related knowledge, attitudes about the use of violence to resolve conflict, and dating abuse behavior (perpetration and/or victimization). Statement of study hypothesis: Youth who receive the intervention will show improvements in dating abuse-related knowledge, attitudes and behavior that are maintained for 1 month, while those in the comparison group will show no similar change.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALBrief, motivational interview and one booster sessionThis is a one session brief motivational interview-style intervention that follows a 9-step intervention algorithm. The intervention is delivered by a trained motivational interview interventionist. There is one booster call 10 days after the intervention/

Timeline

Start date
2012-07-01
Primary completion
2013-01-01
Completion
2014-05-01
First posted
2012-07-02
Last updated
2017-03-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01632176. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.