Automating Peer Learning to Reduce Alcohol Use and Related Deviant Behavior in Secondary School
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Substance Use
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: This is a cluster randomized trial, where assignment to condition occurs at the school level. Randomization of schools to condition (intervention vs. control) occurs at the beginning of the study and there is no cross-over.Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Primary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Younger than 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Schools (N = 24) will be randomly assigned to intervention or waitlist control conditions, and data will be collected immediately in the fall (i.e., baseline measure) and in the spring, approximately 6 months later (i.e., post-treatment assessment). Overall, the investigators will have two assessmen...
Schools (N = 24) will be randomly assigned to intervention or waitlist control conditions, and data will be collected immediately in the fall (i.e., baseline measure) and in the spring, approximately 6 months later (i.e., post-treatment assessment). Overall, the investigators will have two assessment points. Data will be collected from teachers and students via on-line surveys (i.e., Qualtrics) and through observations; see below on the Measures. Intervention schools will receive training and access to the PeerLearning.net app immediately, whereas control schools will receive access in the spring after the second wave of data collection is completed. The investigators hypothesize that usage of PeerLearning.net will promote increasing levels of prosocial behavior and have a significant suppressive effects on alcohol use and related outcomes (i.e., tobacco/marijuana use, antisocial behavior, bullying, emotional problems). The investigators hypothesize that this link will be "moderated" by dosage (i.e., usage of the app). Finally, the investigators will examine differences in program effects by sex (gender) and ethnicity, which the investigators expect to be small or nonexistent. Participants will include both teachers and students at 24 middle and high schools, cluster randomized to intervention vs. waitlist control. Teachers will use PeerLearning.net to design and deliver small-group peer learning lessons during the school year. The investigators will not exclude any participant based upon race/ethnicity, gender, or disability. Participating schools, teachers, and students will be rewarded.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04478240
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Not Provided
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