Developing IVY: A Virtual Intervention for Victimized Youth

项目摘要 概述：该项目的总体目标是最终完成开发并进行 一种新的干预措施(即，对受害青年(常春藤)的干预)以减少 并提高同伴受害目标的应对技能。常春藤是第一个小团体 干预计划，专门解决同伴受害目标的需求 创伤见多识广的视角。它使用认知行为疗法来解决 目前的痛苦，并传授处理未来同伴受害的策略。 拟议研究的意义：尽管有大量关于Peer的研究 受害，没有专门为受害青年设计的干预措施 同伴们。大多数项目的重点是减少和防止同伴受害，而不是为之做什么 那些仍然是受害者的人。常春藤旨在填补这一空白，并为从业者提供 为这一被忽视的青年群体提供高质量干预的课程。 拟议研究的创新和独特之处：常春藤不仅是第一个 针对受害青年的团体干预方案，但它是以虚拟形式提供的。好处是 虚拟小组的一个特点是，它允许来自不同学校的年轻人聚集在一起讨论共享 不用担心他们说的话会在学校或校外与同龄人分享 担心自己学校的欺凌弱小的人也在群里。常春藤的独特之处还在于它的灵感来自于 关于创伤的经验性文献，这与新出现的观点一致，即同伴受害 是一个潜在的创伤性事件。 具体目标：(1)发展常春藤，这是一个了解创伤情况的同伴受害干预计划， 包括领导者手册、参与者手册、演示文稿幻灯片、相关活动和 资源、保真度检查表和护理人员模块；以及(2)调查可用性、保真度、 和有效性的常春藤在一项先导研究，以评估干预组成部分的影响 直接结果(即痛苦、应对技能、对自我的认识和自我效能 保护选择)和远端后果(即受害、创伤应激、社会支持)。 研究设计和方法：先导性研究包括准实验/前置研究 随机分配到干预组和等待名单控制组的干预设计 共有50名中学生。近端和远端结局变量的变化 对实验条件和控制条件进行了探索。重复测量MANCOVA 将被用来评估前后分数的变化。

Project Summary Overview: The overarching goal of this project is to finalize the development of and conduct a pilot study for a novel intervention (i.e., Intervention for Victimized Youth (IVY)) to reduce distress and increase coping skills for targets of peer victimization. IVY is the first small group intervention program to specifically address the needs of targets of peer victimization from a trauma-informed perspective. It uses a cognitive behavioral therapy approach to address current distress and teaches strategies for handling future peer victimization. Significance of the Proposed Research: Despite the large amount of research on peer victimization, there is no intervention specifically designed for youth who are victimized by peers. Most programs focus on reducing and preventing peer victimization, not on what to do for those still being victimized. IVY is designed to fill this gap and provide practitioners with a curriculum for delivering a high-quality intervention for this group of youth that has been ignored. Innovation and Unique Features of the Proposed Research: Not only is IVY the first small group intervention program for victimized youth, but it is delivered in a virtual format. The benefit of virtual groups is that it allows youth from different schools to come together to discuss shared experiences without fear that what they say will be shared with peers at school or without worrying that a bully from their own school is in the group. IVY is also unique in that it is inspired by the empirical literature on trauma, which aligns with the emerging view that peer victimization is a potentially traumatic event. Specific Aims: (1) Develop IVY, a trauma-informed peer victimization intervention program, including a leader handbook, participant handbook, presentation slides, relevant activities and resources, fidelity checklist, and a caregiver module; and (2) Investigate the usability, fidelity, and effectiveness of IVY in a pilot study to assess the impact of the intervention components on immediate outcomes (i.e., distress, coping skills, knowledge of and self-efficacy for self- protection options), and distal outcomes (i.e., victimization, traumatic stress, social support). Research Design and Methods: The pilot study includes a quasi-experimental/pre-post intervention design with random assignment to an intervention group and a waitlist control group with a total of 50 middle school students. Changes in the proximal and distal outcome variables for the experimental and control conditions will be explored. A repeated measures MANCOVA will be used to assess changes in pre- and post- scores.