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Empowering Youth With School Discipline Referrals as Peer Coaches

NCT07515742 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2026-04-13

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Summary

The study will examine the effects of Peer Coach Training (PCT), a strengths-based behavioral intervention for discipline-referred middle-school youth who might benefit when trained to act as change agents for their peers. Successful completion of this study will provide support for implementing PCT in school communities to empower youth in prosocial peer engagement.

Conditions

  • Disruptive Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer Coach Training (PCT)

Six to seven session strengths-based behavioral intervention focusing on skills development and help-giving practices

BEHAVIORAL

Delayed control

Services offered by middle schools for students according to their standard practice of care. These youth will then receive PCT after completion of follow-up assessments.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Southern California

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-03-24
Primary Completion
2027-12-31
Completion
2028-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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