“Coaching Boys into Men”: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Dating Violence Prevention Program

Dating violence (DV)—physical, sexual, and psychological aggression in adolescent romantic relationships—is prevalent among youth. Despite broad calls for primary prevention, few programs with demonstrated effectiveness exist. This cluster-randomized trial examined the effectiveness of a DV perpetra...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of adolescent health Jg. 51; H. 5; S. 431 - 438
Hauptverfasser: Miller, Elizabeth, Tancredi, Daniel J., McCauley, Heather L., Decker, Michele R., Virata, Maria Catrina D., Anderson, Heather A., Stetkevich, Nicholas, Brown, Ernest W., Moideen, Feroz, Silverman, Jay G.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.2012
Elsevier
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adolescent relationship abuse
Adolescents
Adult
Aggression
Assaultive behavior
Athletes
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Bystander intervention
Bystanders
Gender Identity
Gender violence
Gender-based violence
High School Students
High schools
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Intervention
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Males
Medical sciences
Pediatrics
Peer Group
Prevention
Prevention and control
Preventive programmes
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regression Analysis
Research Subjects
Sexual abuse
Sexual assault
Sexual harassment
Sexual violence prevention
Students
Teen dating violence
Trials
Urban Population
Victimology
Violence
Violence - prevention & control
Teen dating violence
Sexual harassment
Assaultive behavior
Prevention and control
Sexual violence prevention
Violence
Bystander intervention
Sexual abuse
Adolescent relationship abuse
Gender-based violence
Sexual assault
Coaching
Male
Victimology
Prevention
Intimate partner violence
Sex offense
Public health
Human
Sanitary program
Controlled therapeutic trial
Sexual behavior disorder
Adolescent
Dating behavior
Social behavior disorder
ISSN:1054-139X, 1879-1972, 1879-1972
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Zusammenfassung:Dating violence (DV)—physical, sexual, and psychological aggression in adolescent romantic relationships—is prevalent among youth. Despite broad calls for primary prevention, few programs with demonstrated effectiveness exist. This cluster-randomized trial examined the effectiveness of a DV perpetration prevention program targeting coaches and high school male athletes. The unit of randomization was the high school (16 schools), and the unit of analysis was the athlete (N = 2,006 students). Primary outcomes were intentions to intervene, recognition of abusive behaviors, and gender-equitable attitudes. Secondary outcomes explored bystander behaviors and abuse perpetration. Regression models for clustered, longitudinal data assessed between-arm differences in over-time changes in mean levels of continuous outcomes in 1,798 athletes followed up at 3 months. Intervention athletes' changes in intentions to intervene were positive compared with control subjects, resulting in an estimated intervention effect of .12 (95% CI: .003, .24). Intervention athletes also reported higher levels of positive bystander intervention behavior than control subjects (.25, 95% CI: .13, .38). Changes in gender-equitable attitudes, recognition of abusive behaviors, and DV perpetration were not significant. Secondary analyses estimated intervention impacts according to intensity of program implementation. Compared with control subjects, athletes exposed to full-intensity implementation of the intervention demonstrated improvements in intentions to intervene (.16, 95% CI: .04, .27), recognition of abusive behaviors (.13, 95% CI: .003, .25), and positive bystander intervention (.28, 95% CI: .14, .41). This cluster-randomized controlled trial supports the effectiveness of a school athletics-based prevention program as one promising strategy to reduce DV perpetration.
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ISSN:1054-139X
1879-1972
1879-1972
DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.01.018