Dating Violence Prevention Program Focusing on Middle School Boys

Project STRONG：一个针对父母和中学的基于网络的约会暴力预防计划 男孩 约会暴力首先出现在青春期早期，并与负面影响有关， 学习成绩心理健康和社会心理功能尽管广泛呼吁小学 预防，很少有方案证明有效存在。此外，绝大多数现有的方案都是 旨在在小型混合性别群体中提供，不利用父母在 塑造和影响他们的孩子在未来的浪漫关系中做出的选择。此外，还有一个 缺乏专门为男性设计的项目，尽管越来越多的研究已经确定了性别 DV的危险因素差异。为了解决这些差距，STRONG被开发为一个基于网络的 早期青少年男性和他们的父母/监护人一起完成干预。课程是 基于发展资产理论，该理论认为家庭支持，知识，价值观发展， 和社会技能是健康发展和抵消危险行为的出现所必需的。的 课程也被DV文献所告知，这表明情绪调节和沟通 技能是参与家庭暴力行为的关键机制。STRONG此前已与亲子 二人组（7年级和8年级男性），并显示出对关键结果和目标机制的有希望的影响。 拟议的项目以这些初步结果为基础，以340个样本测试STRONG的功效。 父母-儿子对青少年自我报告的约会暴力的主要结果。我们还将评估 对其他与暴力有关的措施的影响（例如，态度，侵略，纪律问题，其他风险 行为），以及对这些影响，情绪调节和父母青少年的建议调解人 通信我们将实施混合1设计，通过探索关键的 计划未来传播中涉及的因素，如实施挑战和成本 注意事项。通过测试STRONG的功效以及未来的传播问题，我们能够 缩短在向社区提供循证干预措施方面经常观察到的时滞。

Project STRONG: A web-based dating violence prevention program for parents and middle school boys Dating violence first emerges in early adolescence and is associated with negative impacts including declines in academic performance, mental health, and psychosocial functioning. Despite broad calls for primary prevention, few programs with demonstrated efficacy exist. Further, the vast majority of existing programs are designed to be delivered in small mixed-gender groups and do not capitalize on the importance of parents in modeling and influencing the choices their child makes in their future romantic relationships. Further, there is a dearth of programs designed specifically for males despite growing research that has identified gender differences in risk factors for DV. To address these gaps, STRONG was developed as a web-based intervention for early adolescent males and their parent/guardian to complete together. The curriculum is grounded in Developmental Assets Theory which asserts that family support, knowledge, values development, and social skills are necessary for healthy development and offset the emergence of risk behavior. The curriculum is also informed by the DV literature which suggests that emotion regulation and communication skills are key mechanisms involved in DV behaviors. STRONG has been previously piloted with parent-son dyads (7th and 8th grade males) and demonstrates promising impact on key outcomes and target mechanisms. The proposed project builds on these initial findings by testing the efficacy of STRONG with a sample of 340 parent-son dyads on the primary outcome of adolescent self-reported dating violence. We will also evaluate the impact on other violence-related measures (e.g., attitudes, aggression, discipline problems, other risk behaviors) as well as on the proposed mediators of these effects, emotion regulation and parent-adolescent communication. We will implement a Hybrid 1 design that expands upon our efficacy trial by exploring critical factors involved in future dissemination of the program, such as challenges to implementation and cost considerations. By testing the efficacy of STRONG in tandem with future dissemination questions, we are able to shorten the time-lag often observed in bringing evidence-based interventions to the community.