Using Digital Health Technology to Prevent Bullying and Cyberbullying Among Elementary School Students
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age7-11
SponsorChristopher Williams
About this trial
This project is designed to address the urgent need for an effective primary prevention approach to the problem of bullying and cyberbullying among elementary school students. The project involves developing, feasibility testing, and testing for the effectiveness an innovative new approach to the primary prevention of bullying utilizing both a serious (educational) videogame and facilitator-led, interactive class sessions. Using a cluster randomized controlled trial, the intervention will teach students how to respond to in-person and online bullying from the perspectives of perpetrator, victim, and bystander. The intervention enhances personal self-management skills, social skills, refusal skills, and other life skills needed to successfully navigate developmental tasks, increase resilience, and facilitate healthy psychosocial development. At the end of the initial intervention period, and at one- and two-year follow-ups, we will compare outcomes of students in the intervention and control groups with respect to changes in behaviors, norms, attitudes, and knowledge regarding bullying, cyberbullying, and substance use behavior.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
None
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Bullying prevention
BehavioralThe intervention utilizes a serious (educational) videogame and teacher-led, interactive class sessions. Students exposed to the intervention will learn to respond to in-person and online bullying from the perspectives of perpetrator, victim, and bystander. The intervention enhances personal self-management skills, social skills, refusal skills, and other life skills needed to successfully navigate developmental tasks, increase resilience, and facilitate healthy psychosocial development.
Treatment groups
3,000 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: LifeSkills for Elementary School (Intervention)Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: LifeSkills for Elementary School (Control)No intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Bullying/cyberbullying, norms, and attitudes at posttest
The investigators will assess (via questionnaire) key study variables including behaviors, norms, attitudes, and knowledge regarding bullying and cyberbullying and hypothesized risk and protective factors. These outcomes will be examined and compared in both the intervention group and the control group.
Time frame
Posttest (within 2 weeks of completing final classroom session/videogame module)2
Bullying and cyberbullying, norms, and attitudes at 24-month followup
The investigtors will assess (via questionnaire) key study variables including behaviors, norms, attitudes, and knowledge regarding bullying and cyberbullying and hypothesized risk and protective factors. These outcomes will be examined and compared in both the intervention group and control group.
Time frame
24-month followup (within 24-25 months of completing the final classroom session and videogame module)3
Bullying/cyberbullying, norms, and attitudes at baseline
The investigators will asess (via questionnaire) key study variables including behaviors, norms, attitudes, and knowledge regarding bullying and cyberbullying and hypothesized risk and protective factors. These outcomes will be examined and compared in both the intervention group and the control group.
Time frame
Pretest (prior to participation in the first classroom session and videogame module of intervention)4
Bullying and cyberbullying, norms, and attitudes at 12-month followup
The investigators will assess key study variables including behaviors, norms, attitudes, and knowledge regarding bullying and cyberbullying and hypothesized risk and protective factors. These outcomes will be examined and compared in both the intervention group and the control group.
Time frame
12-month followup (within 12-13 months of completing final classroom session and videogame moduleSecondary outcomes
1
Bullying and cyberbullying, norms, and attitudes at pretest (prior to participating in the first classroom session and videogame module)
The investigators will assess (via questionnaire) key study variables including behaviors, norms, attitudes, and knowledge regarding substance use and hypothesized risk and protective factors. These outcomes will be examined and compared in both the intervention group and the control group.
Time frame
Pretest (prior to participation in the first classroom session and videogame module of intervention)2
Bullying and cyberbullying, norms, and attitudes at posttest (within 2 weeks of completing final classroom session and videogame module)
The investigators will assess (via questionnaire) key study variables including behaviors, norms, attitudes, and knowledge regarding bullying and cyberbullying and hypothesized risk and protective factors. These outcomes will be examined and compared in both the intervention group and control group.
Time frame
Posttest (within 2 weeks of completing final classroom session and videogame module)3
Bullying and cyberbullying, norms, and attitudes at 12-month followup
The investigators will assess (via questionnaire) key study variables including behaviors, norms, attitudes, and knowledge regarding substance use and hypothesized risk and protective factors. These outcomes will be examined and compared in both the intervention group and the control group.
Time frame
12-month followup (within 12-13 months of completing final classroom session and videogame module4
Bullying and cyberbullying, norms, and attitudes at 24-month followup
The investigators will assess (via questionnaire) key study variables including behaviors, norms, attitudes, and knowledge regarding substance use and hypothesized risk and protective factors. These outcomes will be examined and compared in both the intervention group and the control group.
Time frame
24-month followup (within 24-25 months of completing final classroom session and videogame moduleLocations
Sponsors and contacts
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Christopher Williams
Lead sponsor
National Health Promotion Associates, Inc.
Sponsor institution
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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