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Friend to Friend Program + Coaching for Aggression

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Research Sponsored by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up given two times throughout the study, first at baseline (early in the school year, october/november) and on up to 8 months later

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial looks at whether the "Friend to Friend" program, which involves 16 small group sessions for relationally aggressive girls and 8 classroom sessions, is effective when conducted by teachers and counselors with active coaching from the research team.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for 4th-5th grade students in urban, predominantly minority schools in Philadelphia. It targets girls showing signs of relational aggression and includes their parents, teachers, and counselors. Special education students not in regular classes or those with language barriers are excluded.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The Friend to Friend (F2F) program with Coaching is being tested to see if it helps reduce aggression among young girls. The study involves group sessions for the girls and classroom sessions involving all students, with pre- and post-program questionnaires.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this is a behavioral intervention rather than a medical treatment, traditional side effects like you'd expect from medication aren't relevant here. However, participants may experience emotional discomfort or changes in social dynamics.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ given two times throughout the study, first at baseline (early in the school year, october/november) and up to 8 months later

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~given two times throughout the study, first at baseline (early in the school year, october/november) and up to 8 months later

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and given two times throughout the study, first at baseline (early in the school year, october/november) and up to 8 months later for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change in Knowledge of Anger Problem-Solving Steps

Change in Prosocial Leadership

Change in Relational Aggression

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Secondary outcome measures

Explore implementation factors

Explore peer rejection as mediator/moderator

Explore perception of intervention attributes as mediator/moderator

+1 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Friend to Friend with CoachingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Program for relationally aggressive girls and their classmates delivered by school personnel who have been coached by study team.

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

Referral to school counselor as needed as per standard practice.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)NIH

1,965 Previous Clinical Trials

2,667,547 Total Patients Enrolled

2 Trials studying Aggression

969 Patients Enrolled for Aggression

Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaLead Sponsor

708 Previous Clinical Trials

8,577,570 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Aggression

144 Patients Enrolled for Aggression

Media Library

Aggression Clinical Trial 2023: Friend to Friend (F2F) with Coaching Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04164472 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many volunteers are participating in this research endeavor?

"Affirmative. According to the clinicaltrials.gov database, this research endeavour is currently inviting participants to join it; said project was initially published on November 12th 2019 and recently updated on March 8th 2022. The trial seeks 3360 test subjects from one medical centre for its data collection procedure."

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Are investigators still seeking participants for this clinical trial?

"Evidently, this experiment is recruiting participants as the clinicaltrials.gov website confirms. The trial was initiated on November 12th 2019 and its data were most recently updated on March 8th 2022."

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To what end is this analysis being conducted?

"This medical trial, which will be evaluated twice across an 8-month span, aims to assess the alteration in hostile attribution biases. Secondary goals consist of exploring intervention attributes as mediators/moderators, peer rejection as mediator/moderator using two metrics and implementation factors measured by session attendance rate."

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Recent research and studies

Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the CommunityJournal

An Initial Evaluation of a Culturally Adapted Social Problem-solving and Relational Aggression Prevention Program for Urban African-american Relationally Aggressive Girls

Leff, Stephen S., Rebecca Lakin Gullan, Brooke S. Paskewich, Saburah Abdul-Kabir, Abbas F. Jawad, Michael Grossman, Melissa A. Munro, and Thomas J. Power. 2009. “An Initial Evaluation of a Culturally Adapted Social Problem-solving and Relational Aggression Prevention Program for Urban African-american Relationally Aggressive Girls”. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community. Informa UK Limited. doi:10.1080/10852350903196274.

Psychology of ViolenceJournal

Friend to Friend: A Randomized Trial for Urban African American Relationally Aggressive Girls.

Leff, Stephen S., Brooke S. Paskewich, Tracy Evian Waasdorp, Christine Waanders, Katherine B. Bevans, and Abbas F. Jawad. 2015. “Friend to Friend: A Randomized Trial for Urban African American Relationally Aggressive Girls.”. Psychology of Violence. American Psychological Association (APA). doi:10.1037/a0039724.

Behavior ModificationJournal

The Broader Impact of Friend to Friend (F2F)

Leff, Stephen S., Tracy Evian Waasdorp, and Brooke S. Paskewich. 2016. “The Broader Impact of Friend to Friend (F2F)”. Behavior Modification. SAGE Publications. doi:10.1177/0145445516650879.

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