Middle School Effects of the Dating Matters® Comprehensive Teen Dating Violence Prevention Model on Physical Violence, Bullying, and Cyberbullying: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Autor: Lianne Fuino Estefan, Kyle M. Lang, Natasha E. Latzman, Allison J. Tracy, Andra Teten Tharp, Alana M. Vivolo-Kantor, Todd D. Little, Phyllis Holditch Niolon, Vi D. Le, Sarah DeGue
Přispěvatelé: Department of Methodology and Statistics
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
PREDICTOR
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
STRATEGIES
education
Youth violence
Ethnic group
Intimate Partner Violence
Violence prevention
Article
Cyberbullying
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Randomized controlled trial
law
Crime prevention
Intervention (counseling)
PROGRAM
Juvenile delinquency
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
030212 general & internal medicine
Crime Victims
DELINQUENCY
Schools
CONSEQUENCES
Public health
PERPETRATION
05 social sciences
POLY-VICTIMIZATION
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Correction
Bullying
United States
Dating Matters
Health psychology
Physical Abuse
Adolescent Behavior
RISK-FACTORS
Female
Teen dating violence
FOLLOW-UP
Psychology
050104 developmental & child psychology
Clinical psychology
Zdroj: Prevention Science
Prevention Science. Springer Verlag
ISSN: 1573-6695
1389-4986
0167-2541
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-019-01071-9
Popis: Few comprehensive primary prevention approaches for youth have been evaluated for effects on multiple types of violence. Dating Matters®: Strategies to Promote Healthy Teen Relationships (Dating Matters) is a comprehensive teen dating violence (TDV) prevention model designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and evaluated using a longitudinal stratified cluster-randomized controlled trial to determine effectiveness for preventing TDV and promoting healthy relationship behaviors among middle school students. In this study, we examine the prevention effects on secondary outcomes, including victimization and perpetration of physical violence, bullying, and cyberbullying. This study examined the effectiveness of Dating Matters compared to a standard-of-care TDV prevention program in 46 middle schools in four high-risk urban communities across the USA. The analytic sample (N = 3301; 53% female; 50% Black, non-Hispanic; and 31% Hispanic) consisted of 6th–8th grade students who had an opportunity for exposure to Dating Matters in all three grades or the standard-of-care in 8th grade only. Results demonstrated that both male and female students attending schools implementing Dating Matters reported 11% less bullying perpetration and 11% less physical violence perpetration than students in comparison schools. Female Dating Matters students reported 9% less cyberbullying victimization and 10% less cyberbullying perpetration relative to the standard-of-care. When compared to an existing evidence-based intervention for TDV, Dating Matters demonstrated protective effects on physical violence, bullying, and cyberbullying for most groups of students. The Dating Matters comprehensive prevention model holds promise for reducing multiple forms of violence among middle school-aged youth. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01672541
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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