Trauma-Informed Peer Aggression and Dating Violence Prevention for Preteens Receiving Intensive Mental Health Services

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if this intervention (Social Skills, Problem Solving, emotion Regulation, and psycho-Education on Trauma: A Trauma-Informed Peer Aggression and Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program; SPARE) can treat peer aggression and prevent teen dating violence in preteens receiving intensive mental health services. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does receiving SPARE reduce proactive and reactive aggression at post-intervention and 3- and 9-month follow-ups?
* Does receiving SPARE reduce positive attitude about TDV, prevent TDV behaviors, and improve mental health outcomes at post-intervention and 3- and 9-month follow-ups?

Researchers will compare youth receiving SPARE to youth receiving treatment as usual to see if SPARE results in improved proactive and reactive aggression, TDV attitudes and behaviors, and mental health outcomes.

Participants will:

* Receive SPARE via group therapy incorporated into their daily programing at an intensive mental health program
* Complete study questionnaires at program intake and discharge as well as at 3-month and 9-month follow-up assessments

Conditions

• Aggression Childhood
• Teen Dating Violence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Experimental: Intervention (SPARE) plus Treatment as Usual

5 components: (1) Social skills training, including selecting healthy friends and partners, (2) Problem solving with emphasis on positive outcomes of nonaggressive solutions, (3) Awareness of domineering behavior in self and conflict resolution skills, (4) emotion Regulation, and (5) psycho-education on ACEs and trauma. Each session will include 30 minutes of didactic instruction on the component with developmentally engaging activities to illustrate concepts and an individually tailored 15-minute narrative and mindfulness activity, which may address a traumatic memory depending on youth need and receptivity.

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as Usual (TAU)

Treatment As Usual consists of individual, family, occupational, and art therapy, social skills and emotion regulation groups, and therapeutic milieu. All staff and clinicians are trained in the Incredible Years Parenting Program, which aims reduce behavioral problems, enhance children's social and emotional competence, and improve child-parent interactions. Children also receive individualized treatment tailored for their needs (e.g., sleep interventions). Behavioral health needs staff (BHS) facilitate children's skill acquisition and generalization, implement individualized behavior contingency programs, and assist caregivers with parenting strategies via daily check-ins

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  collaborator FED

• Rhode Island Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Elizabeth C Tampke, PhD · Rhode Island Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

11 Years

Max Age

13 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-10-25

Primary Completion

2026-06-30

Completion

2027-03-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations