A Brief Intervention

Dating Violence Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Brief Intervention to Prevent Adolescent Dating Aggression Perpetration

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01632176
• Other study ID #: 5K01AA017630-04
• Secondary ID: K01AA017630
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 28, 2012
• Last updated: March 17, 2017
• Start date: July 2012
• Est. completion date: May 2014

Study information

• Verified date: March 2017
• Source: Boston University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This randomized controlled trial (RCT) study is a small scale test of the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a brief motivational interview-style intervention. The intervention took place in the pediatric emergency departments by a trained interventionist and will followed an intervention algorithm developed by a team of dating abuse and brief intervention experts. The research design is as follows: the investigators will randomize youth ages 12-19 years old to one of two groups: one group who receives the intervention (N=~18), and the other which does not (N=~18). The investigators compared changes in outcomes from baseline to 1-month follow-up for those in both groups. The investigators looked at outcomes including dating abuse-related knowledge, attitudes about the use of violence to resolve conflict, and dating abuse behavior (perpetration and/or victimization).

Statement of study hypothesis: Youth who receive the intervention will show improvements in dating abuse-related knowledge, attitudes and behavior that are maintained for 1 month, while those in the comparison group will show no similar change.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 36
• Est. completion date: May 2014
• Est. primary completion date: January 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 15-19 years old

• English-speaking

• Have used at least one form of physical or sexual aggression against a dating or sexual partner in the past three months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient's reason for ED visit is an acute mental health problem (e.g., suicidal ideation or attempt, severe anxiety attack)

• Patient is a prisoner

• Patient is determined to be potentially lethal

• Patient attends batterer intervention classes

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dating Abuse
• Dating Violence

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Brief, motivational interview and one booster session
This is a one session brief motivational interview-style intervention that follows a 9-step intervention algorithm. The intervention is delivered by a trained motivational interview interventionist. There is one booster call 10 days after the intervention/

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Boston Medical Center	Boston	Massachusetts

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Boston University	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Rothman EF, Wang N. A feasibility test of a brief motivational interview intervention to reduce dating abuse perpetration in a hospital setting. Psychol Violence. 2016 Jul;6(3):433-441. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Dating abuse perpetration	Self-reported perpetration of dating abuse, including acts such as pushing, hitting, kicking and forcing partner to have sex.	1 month