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NCT06176300

Evaluation of Violence Prevention Strategies to Prevent and Reduce Community Levels of Youth Violence

Enrolling by Invitation
NAAges 12+Interventional
Virginia Commonwealth University
~3,390 participants
Updated 2026-07-01 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:PAR - the SEED MethodPAR-Youth VoicesEmerging Leaders hospital-based intervention

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ)
Measured over Baseline and 6 months after baseline
+10 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Violence
Exposure to Violent Event
Adolescent Behavior

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Virginia1

Study leadership

  • Terri Sullivan, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Virginia Commonwealth University

Who to contact

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Community residents, youth aged 12-17 and parents, living in one of the intervention communities (Community A and Community B)
Stakeholders who reside or work in one of the intervention communities (Community A and Community B) or who contribute other expertise
Be able to consent/assent
Those with limited English proficiency
Violently injured or high-risk youth that have either received or are receiving treatment or had a family member or relative receive treatment at VCU Health, or who live in one of the intervention communities, or have been referred by a community partner.
Aged 14 through 24
Reside in one of the two intervention communities (Community A and Community B) or in the control community (Community C)
Be able to consent/assent
Youth in grades 9 through 12
Reside in one of the intervention communities (Community A and Community B) and attend the designated high school(s) serving that community (Community A or Community B)
Be able to consent/assent

Exclusion

Youth younger than 14 and older than 24 will be excluded.
Prisoners will be excluded.
Those living outside our community boundaries will be excluded.
Youth in grades below 9th
Youth who have graduated from high school
Youth recruited for School A, cannot reside in the catchment areas for Communities B or C. Youth recruited for School B, cannot reside in the catchment areas for Communities A or C. Youth recruited for School C, cannot reside in the catchment areas for Communities A or B.

What this trial measures

  • Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ)Baseline and 6 months after baseline

    23 item measures of aggression and antisocial behavior

  • Beliefs About Aggression and Alternatives (BAA)Baseline and 6 months after baseline

    12 item measures that uses a 4-point Likert scale to assess agreement and disagreement on items involving the use of aggression

  • Firearm Aggression Questionnaire (FAQ)Baseline and 6 months after baseline

    Self-report assessments of violence involving firearms

  • Gun Violence Questionnaire (GVQ)Baseline and 6 months after baseline

    Self-report assessments of violence involving firearms

  • Peer Pressure for Fighting (PPF)Baseline and 6 months after baseline

    A questionnaire about peer pressure for fighting is a subscale derived from the Problem Behavior Frequency Scales-Adolescent Report

  • Youth Dating Violence Questionnaire (YDVQ)Baseline and 6 months after baseline

    21 item measure that assesses youth dating violence perpetration

  • Engagement in Community AdvocacyBaseline and 17 weeks later

    Youth report on the frequency with which they have engaged in these specified community advocacy activities.

  • Orientation to Community AdvocacyBaseline and 17 weeks later

    Youth report on how much they agree with statements that indicate and orientation of working cooperatively with others for community advocacy and change.

  • Emotional Motivation to Engage in Community AdvocacyBaseline and 17 weeks later

    Youth report on how much they agree with statements about feeling anger in the face of thinking about and learning about social injustice and the extent to which they engage in specific emotion regulation strategies when feeling this anger.

  • Civic EngagementBaseline and 17 weeks later

    Youth report on how important it is to have certain social responsibility and political beliefs, the frequency with which they volunteer, their voting intentions in the future, and their news consumption.

  • Critical ConsciousnessBaseline and 17 weeks later

    Youth report on how much they agree with statements that reflect the awareness, perception, and reflection on societal experiences of inequality.