Intervention for Victimized Youth

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

48 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-10-21

Study Completion Date

2025-03-10

Brief Summary

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IVY (Intervention for Victimized Youth). Just as ivy plants are strong and can flourish in difficult environments, the goal of IVY will be for targets of peer victimization to thrive academically and socially despite challenging circumstances.

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Detailed Description

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The project involves the development of a virtual intervention program for targets of peer victimization. Intervention for Victimized Youth (IVY) will improve upon many limitations of existing interventions described above since it is the first intervention program to specifically address the needs of targets of peer victimization from a trauma perspective. Moreover, it addresses key limitations of CBITS and increases the flexibility of the intervention by using a virtual delivery model. Just as ivy plants are strong and can flourish in difficult environments, the goal of IVY is for victimized youth to thrive academically and socially despite challenging circumstances. IVY uses a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach to address current distress due to peer victimization and teach strategies for handling any future peer victimization. Common elements of effective CBT-based trauma treatments are psychoeducation, emotion regulation skills, imaginal or in vivo exposure, cognitive processing, and/or problem solving. Several methods are used within sessions to teach the content, including psychoeducation, didactic teaching, modeling, role playing, and guided self-reflection.

The proposed 8-week intervention. The focus of the first 4 sessions will be on teaching skills to help students overcome emotional difficulties associated with being victimized. Weekly topics include: 1) Introduction \& Psychoeducation, 2) Emotional Regulation Skill Building and Practice, 3) Identifying \& Coping with Difficult Thoughts and Emotions, and 4) Connecting Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors. The last 4 sessions are specific to peer victimization issues with a focus on avoiding re-victimization since victimized youth often are victimized repeatedly and report that they defend other victims. Weekly topics include: 5) Options for Protecting Yourself, 6) Social Problem-Solving Skills, 7) Adaptive Thinking, and 8) Future Planning \& Celebration. Participants will be taught several options for intervening. A decision-making process for evaluating social situations will be taught. Based on the outcome of that decision-making process, participants will be taught options for responding with the goal of avoiding re-victimized.

Conditions

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Victimization

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

We are using a waitlist control model where half of the participants will be randomly assigned to the treatment condition. When that intervention is completed, the treatment will be offered to the waitlist participants.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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8 weeks of group counseling delivered in virtual environment

The treatment to be piloted is a 8 week virtual group counseling intervention with a focus on teaching participants skills to overcome emotional difficulties (Visit 1-4) and avoiding re-victimization (Visit 5-Visit 8).

Group Type OTHER

counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention (IVY; Intervention for Victimized Youth) is an 8 week group counseling intervention delivered in a virtual environment.

control group

Participants in this arm do not receive the intervention at the same time as the treatment group.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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counseling

The intervention (IVY; Intervention for Victimized Youth) is an 8 week group counseling intervention delivered in a virtual environment.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* current middle school student in US (defined as grades 6, 7, or 8)
* experience at least one instance of peer victimization in past month
* Have elevated or extremely elevated social-emotional distress score, as measured by the BESS (Behavior and Emotional Screening System)