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Testing the Effectiveness of the Full and Abridged Relationship Smarts Curriculum for 9th Grade Students

NCT02832856 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1180

Last updated 2022-04-22

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Summary

This evaluation will test the program effectiveness of a relationship education program (Relationship Smarts PLUS)and an abridged version of the program to 9th Grade Students on outcomes of knowledge. It will test 1) whether the Relationship Smarts (RS) Curriculum is more effective than a control curriculum of job-readiness programming, and 2) whether an abridged 8-lesson version of the RS Curriculum can be as effective as the full 12-lesson version.

Conditions

  • Attitudes
  • Knowledge

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Relationship Education

RS+ is a widely-implemented healthy relationship education curriculum that aligns with the Georgia Department of Education performance standards in health education. The full curriculum features 12 lessons covering such topics as healthy relationships, dating violence prevention, communication skills, conflict management, and decision making.

BEHAVIORAL

Job Readiness Curriculum

Beginning to Work it Out (BWIO) assists youth who are preparing for first-time employment. Topics include recognizing how personal beliefs and behaviors may be perceived in the workplace, as well as "soft skills" such as emotional self-management and problem-solving skills.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Department of Health and Human Services

    collaborator FED

  • Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian Goesling, PhD · Mathematica Policy Research

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-08-31
Primary Completion
2019-04-30
Completion
2021-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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