“Coaching Boys into Men”: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Dating Violence Prevention Program

• Published in: Journal of adolescent health Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 431 - 438
• Main Authors: Miller, Elizabeth, Tancredi, Daniel J., McCauley, Heather L., Decker, Michele R., Virata, Maria Catrina D., Anderson, Heather A., Stetkevich, Nicholas, Brown, Ernest W., Moideen, Feroz, Silverman, Jay G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent relationship abuse; Adolescents; Adult; Aggression; Assaultive behavior; Athletes; Attitudes; Biological and medical sciences; Bystander intervention; Bystanders; Gender Identity; Gender violence; Gender-based violence; High School Students; High schools; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Intervention; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Males; Medical sciences; Pediatrics; Peer Group; Prevention; Prevention and control; Preventive programmes; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Regression Analysis; Research Subjects; Sexual abuse; Sexual assault; Sexual harassment; Sexual violence prevention; Students; Teen dating violence; Trials; Urban Population; Victimology; Violence; Violence - prevention & control; Teen dating violence; Sexual harassment; Assaultive behavior; Prevention and control; Sexual violence prevention; Violence; Bystander intervention; Sexual abuse; Adolescent relationship abuse; Gender-based violence; Sexual assault; Coaching; Male; Victimology; Prevention; Intimate partner violence; Sex offense; Public health; Human; Sanitary program; Controlled therapeutic trial; Sexual behavior disorder; Adolescent; Dating behavior; Social behavior disorder

Dating violence (DV)—physical, sexual, and psychological aggression in adolescent romantic relationships—is prevalent among youth. Despite broad calls for primary prevention, few programs with demonstrated effectiveness exist. This cluster-randomized trial examined the effectiveness of a DV perpetra...