Dating Violence Prevention Program Focusing on Middle School Boys

Project Strong：针对家长和中学的网络约会暴力预防计划 男孩儿 约会暴力首先出现在青春期早期，并与负面影响有关，包括下降 在学业成绩、心理健康和心理社会功能方面。尽管对初选的广泛呼声 预防方面，几乎没有证明有效的方案存在。此外，绝大多数现有的计划都是 旨在以混合性别的小组形式提供服务，而不是利用父母在 模范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 尽管越来越多的研究已经确定了性别，但专门为男性设计的课程却很少 DV危险因素的差异。为了解决这些差距，Strong被开发为基于Web的 对青春期早期男性及其父母/监护人的干预共同完成。课程设置是 基于发展性资产理论，该理论主张家庭支持、知识、价值发展、 而社交技能对于健康发展和抵消风险行为的出现是必要的。这个 课程也由DV文献提供信息，DV文献表明情绪调节和交流 技能是影响DV行为的关键机制。斯特朗之前曾与亲子一起试行过 二元(7年级和8年级男性)，并展示了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发现为基础，通过340个样本测试STRONG的有效性 亲子关系对青少年自我报告约会暴力的主要影响。我们还将评估 对其他与暴力有关的措施的影响(例如，态度、攻击性、纪律问题、其他风险 行为)以及情绪调节和亲子关系对这些影响的中介作用 沟通。我们将实施混合1设计，通过探索关键技术来扩展我们的疗效试验 未来传播该方案所涉及的因素，如执行方面的挑战和成本 考虑因素。通过结合未来的传播问题测试Strong的有效性，我们能够 缩短在向社区提供循证干预措施时经常观察到的时间滞后。

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.