Growing Stronger Together: A Family Strengthening Approach to Reduce Child Engagement with Armed Forces

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202506718109255

Enrollment

450

Registered

2025-06-04

Start date

2025-05-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Waitlisted

Growing Strong Together

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children will be 13-17 years of age and at risk of recruitment or formerly associated with armed forced or armed groups. Caregivers of each child will be invited to participate.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children shall be younger than 13 years and not older than 17 years Adolescents that are not 'stabilized' and require ongoing child protection case management support Adolescents who do not have an adult female caregiver

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Child Outcomes: Risk of recruitment Caregiver Outcomes: ? Mental health: 25-item, 4-point Likert scale Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL-25), measuring symptoms of anxiety and depression. ? Stress Management: 10-item continuous Perceived Stress Scale. ? Positive Parenting: 9-item continuous Positive Parenting Scale, which was developed for conflict-affected populations. ? Harsh Discipline: 8-item UNICEF/Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) violent discipline module, with both physical and psychological components. ? Knowledge of CAAFAG Risks: 21-item agree or disagree response scale on Child Recruitment Knowledge Index (developed in GST monitoring efforts).	—

Measure

Time frame

Child Outcomes: Risk of recruitment Caregiver Outcomes: ? Mental health: 25-item, 4-point Likert scale Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL-25), measuring symptoms of anxiety and depression. ? Stress Management: 10-item continuous Perceived Stress Scale. ? Positive Parenting: 9-item continuous Positive Parenting Scale, which was developed for conflict-affected populations. ? Harsh Discipline: 8-item UNICEF/Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) violent discipline module, with both physical and psychological components. ? Knowledge of CAAFAG Risks: 21-item agree or disagree response scale on Child Recruitment Knowledge Index (developed in GST monitoring efforts).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
CHILD SECONDARY OUTCOMES? Mental Health: RCADS-25 (revised anxiety and depression scale); 25 item; 4-point Likert scale ? Resilience: 10-item, 5-point Likert-based Individual Resilience Subscale of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM). ? Relational Resilience: 7-item, 5-point Likert-based Relational Resilience Subscale of the CYRM. ? Perception of Family Social Acceptance: 12-item Likert-based Family Acceptance Scale. • Child Hope: 6-item, Likert-scale examining children’s hope for the future as a positive dimension of child wellbeing and mental health	—

Measure

Time frame

CHILD SECONDARY OUTCOMES? Mental Health: RCADS-25 (revised anxiety and depression scale); 25 item; 4-point Likert scale ? Resilience: 10-item, 5-point Likert-based Individual Resilience Subscale of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM). ? Relational Resilience: 7-item, 5-point Likert-based Relational Resilience Subscale of the CYRM. ? Perception of Family Social Acceptance: 12-item Likert-based Family Acceptance Scale. • Child Hope: 6-item, Likert-scale examining children’s hope for the future as a positive dimension of child wellbeing and mental health

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Countries

Central African Republic

Contacts

Public ContactCamilla Fabbri

Child Protection Researcher

camilla.fabbri@rescue.org+12125513000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026