A Dating Violence Prevention Program for Middle School Youth: A Cluster Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial to test the a priori hypothesis that students attending an intervention middle school would be less likely to report physical adolescent relationship abuse (ARA) 1 year later compared with students attending a control school. Secondary objectives were to determine if the intervention reduced substance misuse, bullying, and fighting.

Methods

Twenty-four Texas public middle schools were matched by the size of student enrollment, number of economically disadvantaged students, and race and ethnicity of the student body and randomly assigned to the intervention (n = 12; 1237 participants) or the control (n = 12; 1531participants) group. The intervention, Fourth R, is a classroom-based curriculum de

SUBMITTER: Temple JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9645690 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature