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Cluster Randomized Trial of School Based Program to Prevent Teen Dating Violence
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Fourth R for Violence. Completed, enrolled 3,028 participants across 2 sites.
Signals
Detailed Summary
This study is a school-based trial of the 7th grade version of Fourth R, a promising teen dating violence prevention program, with 24 ethnically diverse middle schools in one of the nation's largest school districts to determine the impact of the program by comparing students in intervention schools with those in control schools.
Study Details
Timeline
Arms & Interventions
Fourth R: 27 lesson curriculum addressing youth risk and health promoting behaviors
Control: Treatment as usual (standard health class curriculum)
Interventions
Fourth R integrates the promotion of healthy relationship skills and prevention of teen dating violence into existing school curricula so that students receive regular course credit in health. Fourth R is grounded in social cognitive theory in which youth learn to formulate and choose behavior strategies, which translate into knowledge and practice in decision-making, non-aggressive conflict resolution skills, and self-efficacy..