Recruiting

Bullying Prevention

Sponsor:

National Health Promotion Associates, Inc.

Code:

NCT03205059

Conditions

Bullying

Cyberbullying

Substance Use

Substance Abuse

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 11 - 14

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

LST MS curriculum+ Bullying/Cyberbulling serious game

LST MS curriculum

Study Details

Brief summary:

This Phase II SBIR project is designed to address the critical public health problem of bullying and cyberbullying among middle school age youth. The project involves developing and testing bullying and cyberbullying prevention materials, including interactive classroom sessions and corresponding serious games, based on the evidence-based substance abuse prevention approach called Life Skills Training. The product has the potential to fill a gap in the intervention tools currently available to schools that can be widely disseminated throughout the country using existing marketing and dissemination channels and decrease the adverse consequences of bullying and cyberbullying as well as substance abuse.

Conditions

Bullying

Cyberbullying

Substance Use

Substance Abuse

Study ID

NCT03205059

Start date

Jun 1, 2017

Status verified date

Jan, 2019

Completion date

May, 2020

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May, 2020

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 11 - 14

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Middle school aged-youth

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Significant cognitive impairment or severe learning disabilities, as screened by field staff at participating sites

Study Design

Enrollment

3000 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: LST MS curriculum+ Bullying/Cyberbullying serious game

active comparator: LST MS curriculum

Interventions

LST MS curriculum+ Bullying/Cyberbulling serious game

The prevention materials for middle school bullying and cyberbullying will (1) utilize both interactive classroom sessions and serious/educational games (digital games used to educate in an entertaining format); (2) positively change social norms surrounding bullying and cyberbulling; (3) challenge positive expectancies about bullying and cyberbullying; (4) enhance protective factors by building social, self-regulation, and relationship skills throughout the interactive learning and behavioral rehearsal; and (5) include booster sessions.

LST MS curriculum

The evidence-based LifeSkills Training program has been successfully used as a universal, school-based substance abuse and violence prevention program for middle school youth. The goals of the LST program are to teach youth the personal self-management skills, social skills, and other life skills needed to successfully resist drug and alcohol use, navigate developmental tasks, increase resilience, and facilitate healthy psychosocial development.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in bullying/cyberbullying perpetration in the past two years [ Time Frame: Post-test (within 2 weeks of completing final session/module of the intervention), 12-month follow-up, 24-month follow-up ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Christopher Williams

9144212525cwilliams@nhpamail.com

Locations

National Health Promotion Associates

Recruiting

White Plains, New York, United States, 10604

Contacts

Christopher Williams

914-421-2525cwilliams@nhpamail.com

More Information

Sponsor

National Health Promotion Associates, Inc.

Last update posted

Jan 7, 2019

Last verified

Jan, 2019

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by National Health Promotion Associates, Inc. on 2019-01-07.