Addressing Root Causes for Gun Violence Prevention (ARC-GVP)

NCT ID: NCT05887973

Last Updated: 2025-08-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

250 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-06-27

Study Completion Date

2026-07-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this study is to help build the evidence base for a locally-relevant youth firearm violence prevention program in Washington D.C., a city experiencing disparities in youth firearm violence outcomes.

The main question it aims to answer is:

How is youth participation in the summer youth employment program, the True Reasons I Grabbed the Gun Evolved from Risk (The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project), which is designed to address root causes of gun violence, associated with individual youth behavioral outcomes, including pro-social involvement, aggression, and firearm-related attitudes and behaviors?

Detailed Description

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The goal of this study is to help build the evidence base for a locally-relevant youth firearm violence prevention program in a city experiencing disparities in youth firearm violence outcomes. The main question it aims to answer is:

How is youth participation in a summer youth employment program that is designed to address root causes of gun violence (The T.R.I.G.G.E.R project), associated with individual youth behavioral outcomes, including pro-social involvement, retaliatory attitudes, aggression, and firearm behaviors?

To examine this question, participants will be invited to complete four surveys over the course of one year to assess attitudinal and behavioral change:

* A pre-test at the start of the program
* A first post-test 2-4 weeks following the conclusion of the program
* A second post-test 6 months following the conclusion of the program
* A third and final post-test 12 months following the conclusion of the program

Conditions

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Violence Adolescent Firearm Injury Aggression

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Wave 1

Youth participants who are enrolled in The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project's summer youth employment program in 2022

The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project includes the following core components to address root causes of gun violence:

* Summer Employment
* Social and Emotional Learning
* Future Orientation
* Adult and Peer Support
* Critical Consciousness
* Civic Efficacy and Engagement

Wave 2

Youth participants who are enrolled in The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project's summer youth employment program in 2023

The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project includes the following core components to address root causes of gun violence:

* Summer Employment
* Social and Emotional Learning
* Future Orientation
* Adult and Peer Support
* Critical Consciousness
* Civic Efficacy and Engagement

Wave 3

Youth participants who are enrolled in The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project's summer youth employment program in 2024

The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project includes the following core components to address root causes of gun violence:

* Summer Employment
* Social and Emotional Learning
* Future Orientation
* Adult and Peer Support
* Critical Consciousness
* Civic Efficacy and Engagement

Wave 4

Youth participants who are enrolled in The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project's summer youth employment program in 2025

The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project includes the following core components to address root causes of gun violence:

* Summer Employment
* Social and Emotional Learning
* Future Orientation
* Adult and Peer Support
* Critical Consciousness
* Civic Efficacy and Engagement

Interventions

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The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project

The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project includes the following core components to address root causes of gun violence:

* Summer Employment
* Social and Emotional Learning
* Future Orientation
* Adult and Peer Support
* Critical Consciousness
* Civic Efficacy and Engagement

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Youth in Washington D.C. who are participating in The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project, a grassroots youth firearm violence prevention program

Exclusion Criteria

* Emancipated minors
Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Marc A. Zimmerman

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Marc Zimmerman, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Michigan

Locations

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University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Laney Rupp, MPH

Role: CONTACT

734-647-6469

References

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Crocetti E, Jahromi P, Meeus W. Identity and civic engagement in adolescence. J Adolesc. 2012 Jun;35(3):521-32. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.08.003. Epub 2011 Aug 24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21868083 (View on PubMed)

Copeland-Linder N, Jones VC, Haynie DL, Simons-Morton BG, Wright JL, Cheng TL. Factors associated with retaliatory attitudes among African American adolescents who have been assaulted. J Pediatr Psychol. 2007 Aug;32(7):760-70. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsm007. Epub 2007 Apr 2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17403911 (View on PubMed)

Black, S., & Hausman, A. (2008). Adolescents' views of guns in a high-violence community. Journal of Adolescent Research, 23(5), 592-610. http://doi.org/10.1177/0743558408322142

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Multisite Violence Prevention Project. The multisite violence prevention project: background and overview. Am J Prev Med. 2004 Jan;26(1 Suppl):3-11. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2003.09.017.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 14732182 (View on PubMed)

Straus, M., Hamby, S., Boney-McCoy, S., Sugarman, D. (1996). The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2): Development and preliminary psychometric data. Journal of Family Issues, 17(3), 283-316.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Other Identifiers

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HUM00215637

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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