Substance Use Clinical Trial
Official title:
Positive Action for Social and Character Development
Verified date | September 2014 |
Source | Oregon State University |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Study type | Interventional |
This project focuses on social and character development of elementary and middle school-aged children and responds to an urgent national need that schools improve their capacity to address a range of student outcomes, including social skills, character, behavior, academic achievement and health outcomes. This study is a school-based randomized trial to evaluate the Positive Action program. The Positive Action program was designed to promote social and character development and improve behavior and school performance.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 4230 |
Est. completion date | June 2010 |
Est. primary completion date | June 2010 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | Both |
Age group | 6 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: Public elementary schools Pre-K or K through grade 5 or 6; Schools were included in the study if they: - Are community-based (that is, not magnet, academy, special ed., etc.), - Have at least 60 students and two classrooms of grades 2, 3, 4, and 5, - Have no more than 100 students or 3 classrooms per grade level, - Have annual mobility rates no greater than 30% (meaning that approximately 15% move out of the school and 15% more into the school each year), - Have at least 50% of students eligible for free or reduced price lunch, - Are relatively low performing on standardized tests, - Have not used Positive Action program in the last decade, - Are not doing another social/character program. All students in the study cohorts - those in grade 3 in 2004-05 Exclusion Criteria: Reverse of inclusion criteria |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago | Illinois |
United States | Oregon State University | Corvallis | Oregon |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Oregon State University | University of Illinois at Chicago |
United States,
Bavarian N, Lewis KM, Dubois DL, Acock A, Vuchinich S, Silverthorn N, Snyder FJ, Day J, Ji P, Flay BR. Using social-emotional and character development to improve academic outcomes: a matched-pair, cluster-randomized controlled trial in low-income, urban — View Citation
Jarpe-Ratner E, Fagen M, Day J, Gilmet K, Prudowsky J, Neiger BL, DuBois DL, Flay BR. Using the community readiness model as an approach to formative evaluation. Health Promot Pract. 2013 Sep;14(5):649-55. doi: 10.1177/1524839913487538. Epub 2013 May 23. — View Citation
Ji P, DuBois DL, Flay BR, Brechling V. "Congratulations, you have been randomized into the control group!(?)": issues to consider when recruiting schools for matched-pair randomized control trials of prevention programs. J Sch Health. 2008 Mar;78(3):131-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00275.x. — View Citation
Ji P, Flay BR, Dubois DL, Brechling V, Day J, Cantillon D. Consent form return rates for third-grade urban elementary students. Am J Health Behav. 2006 Sep-Oct;30(5):467-74. — View Citation
Lewis KM, Bavarian N, Snyder FJ, Acock A, Day J, Dubois DL, Ji P, Schure MB, Silverthorn N, Vuchinich S, Flay BR. Direct and Mediated Effects of a Social-Emotional and Character Development Program on Adolescent Substance Use. Int J Emot Educ. 2012 Apr;4( — View Citation
Lewis KM, DuBois DL, Bavarian N, Acock A, Silverthorn N, Day J, Ji P, Vuchinich S, Flay BR. Effects of Positive Action on the emotional health of urban youth: a cluster-randomized trial. J Adolesc Health. 2013 Dec;53(6):706-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2 — View Citation
Lewis KM, Schure MB, Bavarian N, DuBois DL, Day J, Ji P, Silverthorn N, Acock A, Vuchinich S, Flay BR. Problem behavior and urban, low-income youth: a randomized controlled trial of positive action in Chicago. Am J Prev Med. 2013 Jun;44(6):622-30. doi: 10 — View Citation
Li KK, Washburn I, DuBois DL, Vuchinich S, Ji P, Brechling V, Day J, Beets MW, Acock AC, Berbaum M, Snyder F, Flay BR. Effects of the Positive Action programme on problem behaviours in elementary school students: a matched-pair randomised control trial in — View Citation
Washburn IJ, Acock A, Vuchinich S, Snyder F, Li KK, Ji P, Day J, DuBois D, Flay BR. Effects of a social-emotional and character development program on the trajectory of behaviors associated with social-emotional and character development: findings from th — View Citation
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Local Site Scales - Student self-reported behaviors. School and Classroom Climate: Improved relationships | Current at time of asking, asked at beginning and end of grades 3 and 4, and end of grade 5, beginning and end of grade 7 and end of grade 8 | No | |
Primary | Local Site Scales - Student self-reported behaviors. Expected Student Effects: Improvement in each: Attachment/Normative Beliefs; Attitudes Towards Behaviors; Self-Efficacy/Self-Esteem; Academic/Social Skills; Character and Social Development | Current at time of asking, asked at beginning and end of grades 3 and 4, and end of grade 5, beginning and end of grade 7 and end of grade 8 | No | |
Primary | Local Site Scales - Student self-reported behaviors. Expected Impacts: Reduced Emotional Problems; Improved Health Behavior; Reduced Substance Use; Less Violence; Improved Grades and Test Scores | Current at time of asking, asked at beginning and end of grades 3 and 4, and end of grade 5, beginning and end of grade 7 and end of grade 8 | No | |
Primary | Multi-site Scales - Student self-reported behaviors. School and Classroom Climate: Improved Relationships | Current at time of asking, asked at beginning and end of grades 3 and 4, and end of grade 5 | No | |
Primary | Multi-site Scales - Student self-reported behaviors. Expected Student Effects: Improved Attitudes Towards Behaviors; Improved Self-Efficacy/Self-Esteem; Improved Character and Social Development | Current at time of asking, asked at beginning and end of grades 3 and 4, and end of grade 5 | No | |
Primary | Multi-site Scales - Student self-reported behaviors. Expected Impacts: Reduced Emotional Problems; Fewer Behavioral/Disciplinary Problems | Current at time of asking, asked at beginning and end of grades 3 and 4, and end of grade 5 | No | |
Primary | Multi-site Scales - Parent Reports of student behaviors. School and Classroom Climate: Improved Relationships; Increased Involvement of School with Parents and Community | Current at time of asking, asked at beginning and end of grades 3 and 4, and end of grade 5 | No | |
Primary | Multi-site Scales - Parent Reports of student behaviors. Expected Student Effects: Improved Academic/Social Skills; Improved Character and Social Development; Fewer Behavioral/Disciplinary Problems | Current at time of asking, asked at beginning and end of grades 3 and 4, and end of grade 5 | No | |
Primary | Multi-site Scales - Teacher Reports of student behaviors. School and Classroom Climate: Improved Relationships; Increased Amount/Quality Social/Character Development Activities used by School; Increased Involvement of School with Parents/Community | Current at time of asking, asked at beginning and end of grades 3 and 4, and end of grade 5 | No | |
Primary | Multi-site Scales - Teacher Reports of student behaviors. Expected Student Effects: Improved Academic/Social Skills; Improved Character and Social Development | Current at time of asking, asked at beginning and end of grades 3 and 4, and end of grade 5 | No | |
Primary | Multi-site Scales - Teacher Reports of student behaviors. Expected Impacts: Fewer Behavioral/Disciplinary Problems | Current at time of asking, asked at beginning and end of grades 3 and 4, and end of grade 5 | No | |
Secondary | Student scores on attitudinal measures | End of grades 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 | No | |
Secondary | Student scores on academic achievement tests | End of grades 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 | No | |
Secondary | School-level reports of disciplinary referrals | End of grades 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 | No | |
Secondary | School-level scores on standardized achievement tests | End of grades 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 | No | |
Secondary | Fidelity/Implementation Measures for Treatment Schools: Teacher online reports of Positive Action (PA) classroom activities | At end of each of 6 Positive Action (PA) teaching units | No | |
Secondary | Fidelity/Implementation Measures for Treatment Schools: Teacher Unit reports | Weekly | No | |
Secondary | Student height and weight | Beginning and end of Grade 7 and end of Grade 8 | No | |
Secondary | Process evaluation data from students and teachers | fall 2008, spring 2009 and 2010 | No |
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