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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RECRUITING
250 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2022-06-27
2026-07-31
Brief Summary
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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?
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Detailed Description
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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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Study Design
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COHORT
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
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
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
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
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
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
14 Years
24 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FED
University of Michigan
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Marc A. Zimmerman
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
Countries
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Central Contacts
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Other Identifiers
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HUM00215637
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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