Be-Prox. An Effectiveness Study of Bullying Intervention in Norwegian Kindergartens.

NCT06040437 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 105246
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,500
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 4

Brief Summary

With an overall aim to ensure a safe and sound kindergarten environment for all Norwegian children in accordance with the Kindergarten Act §§41-43, the objectives of the current project are: To evaluate the effectiveness of Be-Prox Norway to prevent and handle negative behavior and bullying among peers in Norwegian kindergartens. To examine implementation factors that promote and inhibit the effectiveness of Be-Prox Norway in Norwegian kindergartens. To describe the cost-effectiveness of the Be-Prox Norway intervention in Norwegian kindergartens. To generate knowledge on how the Be-Prox Norway intervention can be aligned and implemented in Norwegian kindergartens.

Conditions

Bullying of Child

Keywords

Early Childhood and Educational Care; Norway; Bullying intervention; Randomized controlled trial

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Total number of negative acts children have been exposed to by peers the last months post intervention.

  Using a set of questions on physical, verbal, relational and object-related negative acts, primary outcome will be the total number of negative acts the child has been exposed to overall. The range for the specific negative acts is 0-5, the range for negative acts overall is 0-20.

  Scorers are asked to use "the last 4 weeks" as the time frame for their registration of the negative acts

• Total number of negative acts children have exposed peers to the last month post intervention.

  Using a set of questions on physical, verbal, relational and object-related negative acts, primary outcome will be the total number of negative acts the child has exposed peers to overall. The range for the specific negative acts is 0-5, the range for negative acts overall is 0-20.

  Scorers are asked to use "the last 4 weeks" as the time frame for their registration of the negative acts

Secondary Outcomes (10)

• Change in number of children being exposed to negative acts overall "2-3 times a months" or more post intervention

  Scorers are asked to use "the last 4 weeks" as the time frame for their registration of the negative acts

• Change in number of children exposing other children to negative acts overall "2-3 times a month" or more.

  Scorers are asked to use "the last 4 weeks" as the time frame for their registration of the negative acts

• Child prosocial bystander behavior post intervention

  Scorers are asked to use "the last 4 weeks" as the time frame for their registration of the negative acts

• Change in Authoritative climate, post intervention

  The last month post Scorers are asked to use "the 4 weeks" as the time frame for their registration of the negative acts, 1 and 2 years after post intervention

• Change in personnel self-efficacy beliefs, post intervention

  Scorers are asked to use "the last 4 weeks" as the time frame for their registration of the negative acts

Study Arms (2)

Be-Prox intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Training in the 6 Be-Prox module

Behavioral: Be-Prox

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Standard care

Interventions

Be-Prox BEHAVIORAL

Be-Prox is an intervention developed to prevent, uncover and handle negative behavior in kindergartens.

Be-Prox intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 6 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children born 2018-2020 in kindergartens enrolled to the Be-Prox project and with parental consent to participate.
• Personnel i Norwegian kindergartens enrolled in the Be-Prox project and who consent to participate.
• Parents of children in kindergartens enrolled to the Be-prox project

You may not qualify if:

• children born 2021-2023
• children with no parental consent to participate

Sponsors & Collaborators

• NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS: lead
• University of Tromso: collaborator
• Bjørnafjorden municipality: collaborator
• Narvik municipality: collaborator

Study Sites (4)

NORCE Norwegian Research Center

Bergen, 5008, Norway

Location

Narvik municipality

Narvik, Norway

Location

Bjørnafjorden municipality

Os i Østerdalen, Norway

Location

University of Tromsø

Tromsø, Norway

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Kvestad I, Adolfsen F, Angeles RC, Brandseth OL, Breivik K, Evertsen JG, Foer IK, Haaland M, Homola BM, Hoseth GE, Jonsson J, Kjerstad E, Kyrrestad H, Martinussen M, Moberg A, Moberg K, Skogstrand A, Solberg LR, Aasheim M. Effectiveness of a Bullying Intervention (Be-Prox) in Norwegian Early Childhood and Education Care Centers: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Oct 24;13:e60626. doi: 10.2196/60626.

  PMID: 39447170 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Ingrid Kvestad, Dr

  NORCE Norwegian Research Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Model Details: Cluster-randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 2, 2023
• First Posted: September 15, 2023
• Study Start: August 7, 2023
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2026
• Last Updated: December 9, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-12

Locations

NO (4)