The Optimization and Evaluation of the Extremism and Intolerance Curriculum for the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Tolerance Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Optimization and Evaluation of the Extremism and Intolerance Curriculum for the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05088694
• Other study ID #: IRB-FY21-66
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 2023

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: University of North Carolina, Greensboro
• Contact: Jeff Milroy, DrPH
• Phone: 3365090672
• Email: jjmilroy[@]uncg.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Researcher from UNC Greensboro have partnered with Prevention Strategies and key stakeholders from the Kingdom of Bahrain to conduct a study using the innovative, engineering-inspired methodological approach, the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), to optimize and evaluate the Peaceful Coexistence and Anti-Extremism middle and high school curricula. No other curriculum targeting tolerance and/or extremism has been optimized using the state-of-the-art MOST methodology. The overall goal of the project is that the optimized versions of Peaceful Coexistence and Anti-Extremism curricula will be used across the Kingdom of Bahrain and translated for use in other countries to combat the spread of extremism and intolerance. Additionally, the D.A.R.E. keepin' it REAL (kiR) and D.A.R.E. myPlaybook high school programs will be evaluated as part of the Peaceful Coexistence and Anti-Extremism evaluation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 1500
• Est. completion date: December 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 11 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Public or private Bahraini middle or high school students.
• In addition to the main evaluation questions, the following groups will also be included to make programmatic improvements.
• Parents of above mentioned middle or high school students.
• D.A.R.E. Officers teaching middle school and high school D.A.R.E. in Bahrain.

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Empathy
• Literacy
• Tolerance

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Peaceful Coexistence
The Peaceful Coexistence intervention seeks to target important risk and protective factors related to tolerance and acceptance. The Anti-Extremism intervention seeks to take the same risk and protective factors covered in the Peaceful Coexistence intervention and have students' psychosocial factors shift their skills and behavior.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UNC Greensboro	Greensboro	North Carolina

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Norms about intolerance	Participant's mean rating of norms related to intolerance of others measured by the intolerance norms scale.	immediately post intervention
Primary	Dignity	Mean rating of dignity reported by participants measured by the Jacelon Attributed Dignity Scale.	immediately post intervention
Primary	Plurality	Mean rating of religious plurality reported by participants using the Religious Plurality scale.	immediately post intervention
Primary	Beliefs about consequences	Mean rating of participant beliefs about consequences related to not listening to different opinions of others measured by the Beliefs about intolerance consequences scale.	immediately post intervention
Primary	Source literacy	Mean rating of participants' reported source literacy measured by the Source literacy scale.	immediately post intervention
Primary	Resistance skills	Mean rating of participants' reported efficacy to resist religiously, politically, or socially extreme sentiments measured by the Resistance skills scale.	immediately post intervention
Primary	Decision making	Mean rating of participants' report of decision making skills measured by the Decision making skills scale.	immediately post intervention
Primary	Empathy	Mean rating of participants' empathy toward people and opinions that are different from their own measured by the Emotional Quotient Scale.	immediately post intervention
Primary	Tolerance of different opinions and behaviors of others	Mean rating pf participants' reporting of expectations of others based on tolerant behaviors measured by the Tolerance of others scale.	immediately post intervention
Primary	Open Mindedness to differing opinions	Mean ratings of participants' report of open mindedness of differing political, social, and religious ideals measured by the Open Minded Cognition Scale.	immediately post intervention
Primary	Non-Violent Conflict Resolution	Mean rating of participants' ideals related to non-violent conflict resolution measured by the Normative Beliefs about Aggression Scale.	immediately post intervention
Primary	Community values	Mean rating of participants' opinions related to their expectations of other as it pertains to extremist behaviors measured by the community values scale.	immediately post intervention