School Based Program to Prevent Teen Dating Violence

NCT02909673 | Completed Results DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 15-0198R01HD083445
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 3,028
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

This study is a school-based trial of the 7th grade version of Fourth R, a promising teen dating violence prevention program, with 24 ethnically diverse middle schools in one of the nation's largest school districts to determine the impact of the program by comparing students in intervention schools with those in control schools.

Conditions

Violence

Keywords

adolescent behavior; intimate partner violence; youth risk behavior; violence prevention; teen dating violence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of Participants With Perpetration of Physical Teen Dating Violence (TDV)

  Determine whether Fourth R reduces students' TDV, as indexed by less perpetration of physical TDV, relative to students in control schools.

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Number of Participants Reporting Alcohol/Marijuana Use

  1 year

• Number of Participants Reporting Physical Fights

  1 year

• Bully Perpetration

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

Fourth R

EXPERIMENTAL

Fourth R: 27 lesson curriculum addressing youth risk and health promoting behaviors

Behavioral: Fourth R

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Control: Treatment as usual (standard health class curriculum)

Interventions

Fourth R BEHAVIORAL

Fourth R integrates the promotion of healthy relationship skills and prevention of teen dating violence into existing school curricula so that students receive regular course credit in health. Fourth R is grounded in social cognitive theory in which youth learn to formulate and choose behavior strategies, which translate into knowledge and practice in decision-making, non-aggressive conflict resolution skills, and self-efficacy..

Fourth R

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 15 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Attending 7th grade health class in Houston area middle schools

You may not qualify if:

• n/a

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston: collaborator
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): collaborator
• The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston: lead

Study Sites (2)

Houston Independent School District

Houston, Texas, 77092, United States

Location

Fort Bend Independent School District

Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Temple JR, Baumler E, Wood L, Thiel M, Peskin M, Torres E. A Dating Violence Prevention Program for Middle School Youth: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2021 Nov;148(5):e2021052880. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-052880. Epub 2021 Oct 6.

  PMID: 34615696 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Adolescent Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Melanie Thiel
• Organization: UT Health Houston

melanie.thiel@uth.tmc.edu

713-818-6281

Study Officials

• Jeff R Temple, PhD

  UTMB

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 16, 2016
• First Posted: September 21, 2016
• Study Start: January 18, 2018
• Primary Completion: October 3, 2021
• Study Completion: December 7, 2023
• Last Updated: December 22, 2025
• Results First Posted: December 22, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (2)