Be-Prox. An Effectiveness Study of Bullying Intervention in Norwegian Kindergartens.

NCT ID: NCT06040437

Last Updated: 2024-12-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-08-07

Study Completion Date

2026-07-01

Brief Summary

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With an overall aim to ensure a safe and sound kindergarten environment for all Norwegian children in accordance with the Kindergarten Act §§41-43, the objectives of the current project are:

To evaluate the effectiveness of Be-Prox Norway to prevent and handle negative behavior and bullying among peers in Norwegian kindergartens.

To examine implementation factors that promote and inhibit the effectiveness of Be-Prox Norway in Norwegian kindergartens.

To describe the cost-effectiveness of the Be-Prox Norway intervention in Norwegian kindergartens.

To generate knowledge on how the Be-Prox Norway intervention can be aligned and implemented in Norwegian kindergartens.

Detailed Description

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January 1st, 2021, new additions to the Kindergarten Act came into force in Norway introducing the right for all children to a safe and sound kindergarten environment. According to this act, Norwegian kindergartens shall systematically work to preventing bullying and social exclusion, including adopting a zero-tolerance for violations such as exclusion, bullying, violence, discrimination, and harassment. While relatively little is known about bullying at this age, a growing body of research suggests that bullying occurs also between kindergarten peers and that experiencing bullying at early age is associated with negative consequences.

Currently there are few evidence-based interventions directly targeting bullying among kindergarten peers. Be-Prox, developed for Swiss kindergartens to prevent, uncover and handle negative behavior and bullying in kindergartens have been translated and adjusted to a Norwegian context in a previous pilot study.

The current project is a close collaboration between two Norwegian municipalities, regional centres for child and youth mental health and welfare, and research and educational institutions.

The project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Be-Prox Norway in a cluster randomized controlled trial, including process and implementation evaluation and cost-effectiveness analyses. Hence the project complies with the current call through introducing research on tools, systems and models that promote evidence-based practices in Norwegian kindergartens in general, and to prevent negative acts and bullying between kindergarten peers in particular.

If proven effective, Be-Prox Norway can be offered to kindergartens nationwide as evidence-based practice to prevent, uncover and handle negative behavior and bullying among Norwegian kindergarten peers.

Conditions

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Bullying of Child

Keywords

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Early Childhood and Educational Care Norway Bullying intervention Randomized controlled trial

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Cluster-randomized controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Be-Prox intervention

Training in the 6 Be-Prox module

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Be-Prox

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Be-Prox is an intervention developed to prevent, uncover and handle negative behavior in kindergartens.

Control

Standard care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Be-Prox

Be-Prox is an intervention developed to prevent, uncover and handle negative behavior in kindergartens.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children born 2018-2020 in kindergartens enrolled to the Be-Prox project and with parental consent to participate.
* Personnel i Norwegian kindergartens enrolled in the Be-Prox project and who consent to participate.
* Parents of children in kindergartens enrolled to the Be-prox project

Exclusion Criteria

* children born 2021-2023
* children with no parental consent to participate
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

6 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Tromso

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Bjørnafjorden municipality

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Narvik municipality

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Ingrid Kvestad, Dr

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

NORCE Norwegian Research Center

Locations

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NORCE Norwegian Research Center

Bergen, , Norway

Site Status

Narvik municipality

Narvik, , Norway

Site Status

Bjørnafjorden municipality

Os i Østerdalen, , Norway

Site Status

University of Tromsø

Tromsø, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

References

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Kvestad I, Adolfsen F, Angeles RC, Brandseth OL, Breivik K, Evertsen JG, Foer IK, Haaland M, Homola BM, Hoseth GE, Jonsson J, Kjerstad E, Kyrrestad H, Martinussen M, Moberg A, Moberg K, Skogstrand A, Solberg LR, Aasheim M. Effectiveness of a Bullying Intervention (Be-Prox) in Norwegian Early Childhood and Education Care Centers: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Oct 24;13:e60626. doi: 10.2196/60626.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39447170 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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105246

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id