Foshee Vangie A, Reyes Luz McNaughton, Agnew-Brune Christine B, Simon Thomas R, Vagi Kevin J, Lee Rosalyn D, Suchindran Chiravath
Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7400, USA,
Prev Sci. 2014 Dec;15(6):907-16. doi: 10.1007/s11121-014-0472-4.
In response to recent calls for programs that can prevent multiple types of youth violence, the current study examined whether Safe Dates, an evidence-based dating violence prevention program, was effective in preventing other forms of youth violence. Using data from the original Safe Dates randomized controlled trial, this study examined (1) the effectiveness of Safe Dates in preventing peer violence victimization and perpetration and school weapon carrying 1 year after the intervention phase was completed and (2) moderation of program effects by the sex or race/ethnicity of the adolescent. Ninety percent (n = 1,690) of the eighth and ninth graders who completed baseline questionnaires completed the 1-year follow-up assessment. The sample was 51 % female and 26 % minority (of whom 69 % was black and 31 % was of another minority race/ethnicity). There were no baseline treatment group differences in violence outcomes. Treatment condition was significantly associated with peer violence victimization and school weapon carrying at follow-up; there was 12 % less victimization and 31 % less weapon carrying among those exposed to Safe Dates than those among controls. Treatment condition was significantly associated with perpetration among the minority but not among white adolescents; there was 23 % less violence perpetration among minority adolescents exposed to Safe Dates than that among controls. The observed effect sizes were comparable with those of other universal school-based youth violence prevention programs. Implementing Safe Dates may be an efficient way of preventing multiple types of youth violence.
针对近期对能够预防多种类型青少年暴力的项目的呼吁，本研究调查了“安全约会”这一基于证据的约会暴力预防项目在预防其他形式青少年暴力方面是否有效。本研究利用“安全约会”原始随机对照试验的数据，调查了：（1）在干预阶段结束1年后，“安全约会”在预防同伴暴力受害、施暴以及校园携带武器方面的效果；（2）青少年的性别或种族/族裔对项目效果的调节作用。完成基线调查问卷的八年级和九年级学生中有90%（n = 1690）完成了1年的随访评估。样本中51%为女性，26%为少数族裔（其中69%为黑人，31%为其他少数族裔）。暴力结果在基线时治疗组之间没有差异。治疗条件与随访时的同伴暴力受害和校园携带武器显著相关；与对照组相比，接受“安全约会”干预的学生受害情况减少了12%，携带武器的情况减少了31%。治疗条件与少数族裔青少年的施暴显著相关，但与白人青少年无关；与对照组相比，接受“安全约会”干预的少数族裔青少年施暴情况减少了23%。观察到的效应大小与其他基于学校的普遍青少年暴力预防项目相当。实施“安全约会”可能是预防多种类型青少年暴力的有效方式。
