Dating violence and related risk behaviours Mental and Behavioural Disorders Dating violence and related risk behaviours
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention (Comprehensive School Based Intervention)/Control (standard health curricula). CSBI involves a whole school approach with extensive teacher training, parent education, and schoolwide even
information sharing with parents to encourage positive adolescent choices in these areas
exposure to community resources that promote healthy adolescent choices
school-wide campaigns related to substance use, sexual behaviour and violence
and training for all school personnel. In addition, a student-led Social Action Committee will be formed at each CSBI school.
School-level interventions will include yearly teacher awareness educati
written information about the program and about developmental changes during adolescence
and suggested parenting strategies and community resources for parents with teens.
The control condition involves existing curricula. Based on a sample of questionnaires collected from teachers and i
Sponsors
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Canada)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: School eligibility includes a willingness: 1. To be involved in teacher training, curriculum delivery, and school-wide implementation over 4 years (if required) 2. To facilitate the evaluation of all components of the study over 4 years 3. To participate in a randomised trial To be eligible, the school also has to provide faculty and principal approval of the curriculum and evaluation, and to agree not to introduce other related programs during the 4-year study. There are no eligibility requirements at the individual student level because all Grade 9 students attending a demonstration school will receive the intervention (Physical Health and Education is mandatory). Participants will be adolescents, aged 15 - 16 years old (grade nine), either sex.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A school is ineligible for the trial if it was involved in the pilot phase of the program or has implemented similar curricula.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Students? scores on the Comprehensive Adolescent Risk Index (CARI), a self-report behavioural risk index that was developed and validated during the pilot phase of this program. The CARI is generated by classifying students into low, medium and high risk groups in the areas of dating violence, peer violence, substance use, and sexual behaviour. The scores in each domain (0, 1 or 2) are added to generate the CARI score, which ranges from 0 - 8. The primary outcomes were measured at the beginning and end of Grade 9 (2004/2005) and will be measured again two years later, at the end of Grade 11 (2007). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary outcomes were measured at the beginning and end of Grade 9 (2004/2005) and will be measured again two years later, at the end of Grade 11 (2007). Secondary outcomes that will be evaluated on an exploratory basis include acquisition of interpersonal relationship skills, school connectedness, and official school record indicators. Acquisition of interpersonal skills will be assessed with a behavioural analog paradigm at the end of Grade 9, with a random subsample of students drawn from some of the schools. The analog will involve role-playing a conflict scenario with an older, opposite-sex student who has been trained by the researchers. The scenarios will be similar to those included in the curriculum, and will represent typical adolescent interpersonal conflicts related to triad behaviours (sex, substance use, and violence). The role plays will be videotaped and participants? interaction will be coded. School connectedness will be measured with a 5-item self-report scale that was developed for the US National Adolescent Health Survey. Official school indicators of incident reports and suspension records will also be obtained. | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed