Multisite Prevention of Conduct Problems (Fast Track)

Summary

The primary aim of this project is to evaluate the effects of a comprehensive intervention to prevent severe and chronic conduct problems in a sample of children selected as high-risk when they first entered school. It is hypothesized that the intervention will have positive effects on proximal child behavior in middle school, and high school affecting long-term adolescent outcomes such as conduct disorder, juvenile delinquency, school dropout, substance use, teen pregnancy, relational competence with peers, romantic partners and parents, education and employment and social and community integration.

Conditions

• Conduct Disorder
• Anti-Social Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Fast Track

First grade intervention included a weekly two-hour curriculum-based day that was attended by high-risk children, parents, program staff, and teachers of the high-risk children. During each session, the staff modeled academic tutoring with target children in the presence of their parents. In 3rd and 4th grades, intervention consisted of monthly parent and child curriculum-based sessions during the academic year, home visiting, and teachers implementing the in-class PATHS prevention program. In 5th and 6th grades, intervention included monthly parent and child groups and home visiting. In grades 8, 9 and 10 staff developed sessions on an as needed basis to cover topics like transition to high school, note-taking, and study skills.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

  collaborator NIH

• U.S. Department of Education

  collaborator FED

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  collaborator NIH

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

  collaborator NIH

• Duke University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Kenneth A Dodge, PhD · Duke University

• Karen L Bierman, PhD · Penn State University

• Mark T Greenberg, PhD · Penn State University

• John E Lochman, PhD · University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Robert J McMahon, PhD · Simon Fraser University

• Ellen E Pinderhughes, PhD · Tufts University

• Daniel M Crowley, PhD · Penn State University

• Jennifer Lansford, PhD · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

6 Years

Max Age

8 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

1991-03-31

Primary Completion

2029-08-31

Completion

2029-08-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations