Norm, SocialNCT05088694
The Optimization and Evaluation of the Extremism and Intolerance Curriculum for the Kingdom of Bahrain.
A study testing Peaceful Coexistence in people with Norm, Social and Literacy, run by University of North Carolina, Greensboro at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Researcher from UNC Greensboro have partnered with Prevention Strategies and key stakeholders from the Kingdom of Bahrain to conduct a study using the innovative, engineering-inspired methodological approach, the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), to optimize and evaluate the Peaceful Coexistence and… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 11 to 18 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Norm, Social, Literacy, Resistance Skills
- What is being tested?
- Peaceful Coexistence
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1,500 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Nov 2021to Dec 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 11 to 18 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- Public or private Bahraini middle or high school students.
- In addition to the main evaluation questions, the following groups will also be included to make programmatic improvements.
- Parents of above mentioned middle or high school students.
- D.A.R.E. Officers teaching middle school and high school D.A.R.E. in Bahrain.
Who cannot join
- None
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
About this study
Researcher from UNC Greensboro have partnered with Prevention Strategies and key stakeholders from the Kingdom of Bahrain to conduct a study using the innovative, engineering-inspired methodological approach, the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), to optimize and evaluate the Peaceful Coexistence and Anti-Extremism middle and high school curricula. No other curriculum targeting tolerance and/or extremism has been optimized using the state-of-the-art MOST methodology. The overall goal of the project is that the optimized versions of Peaceful Coexistence and Anti-Extremism curricula will be used across the Kingdom of Bahrain and translated for use in other countries to combat the spread of extremism and intolerance. Additionally, the D.A.R.E. keepin' it REAL (kiR) and D.A.R.E. myPlaybook high school programs will be evaluated as part of the Peaceful Coexistence and Anti-Extremism evaluation.
- Conditions
- Norm, Social, Literacy, Resistance Skills, Beliefs About Consequences, Decision Making Skills, Empathy
- Being tested
- Peaceful Coexistence
- Medical subject headings
- Literacy
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Peaceful CoexistenceBehavioural
Also called Anti-Extremism
The Peaceful Coexistence intervention seeks to target important risk and protective factors related to tolerance and acceptance.
The Anti-Extremism intervention seeks to take the same risk and protective factors covered in the Peaceful Coexistence intervention and have students' psychosocial factors shift their skills and behavior.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | Classrooms assigned to the intervention group will receive the Peaceful Coexistence (middle school) or Anti-extremism (high school) curricula. Receives: Behavioral: Peaceful Coexistence |
| No intervention | No intervention | Classrooms assigned to the No intervention group will receive general information during their sessions. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Norms about intolerance
Participant's mean rating of norms related to intolerance of others measured by the intolerance norms scale.
Measured: immediately post intervention
Dignity
Mean rating of dignity reported by participants measured by the Jacelon Attributed Dignity Scale.
Measured: immediately post intervention
Plurality
Mean rating of religious plurality reported by participants using the Religious Plurality scale.
Measured: immediately post intervention
Beliefs about consequences
Mean rating of participant beliefs about consequences related to not listening to different opinions of others measured by the Beliefs about intolerance consequences scale.
Measured: immediately post intervention
Source literacy
Mean rating of participants' reported source literacy measured by the Source literacy scale.
Measured: immediately post intervention
Resistance skills
Mean rating of participants' reported efficacy to resist religiously, politically, or socially extreme sentiments measured by the Resistance skills scale.
Measured: immediately post intervention
Decision making
Mean rating of participants' report of decision making skills measured by the Decision making skills scale.
Measured: immediately post intervention
Empathy
Mean rating of participants' empathy toward people and opinions that are different from their own measured by the Emotional Quotient Scale.
Measured: immediately post intervention
Tolerance of different opinions and behaviors of others
Mean rating pf participants' reporting of expectations of others based on tolerant behaviors measured by the Tolerance of others scale.
Measured: immediately post intervention
Open Mindedness to differing opinions
Mean ratings of participants' report of open mindedness of differing political, social, and religious ideals measured by the Open Minded Cognition Scale.
Measured: immediately post intervention
Non-Violent Conflict Resolution
Mean rating of participants' ideals related to non-violent conflict resolution measured by the Normative Beliefs about Aggression Scale.
Measured: immediately post intervention
Community values
Mean rating of participants' opinions related to their expectations of other as it pertains to extremist behaviors measured by the community values scale.
Measured: immediately post intervention
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted22 Oct 2021
- Study start1 Nov 2021
- Primary completionDec 2025 (estimated)
- Study completionDec 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Norm, SocialStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 1,500 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Jeffrey Milroy, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05088694
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- IRB-FY21-66
- Status last verified
- Dec 2024
- First submitted
- 13 Sep 2021
- Last updated
- 18 Dec 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 18 Dec 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Optimization and Evaluation of the Extremism and Intolerance Curriculum for the Kingdom of Bahrain.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05088694
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- IRB-FY21-66
- Conditions
- Norm, Social, Literacy, Resistance Skills, Beliefs About Consequences, Decision Making Skills, Empathy
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Enrolling by invitation
- Enrolment
- 1,500 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of North Carolina, GreensboroUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Nov 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Dec 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Dec 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 22 Oct 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Researcher from UNC Greensboro have partnered with Prevention Strategies and key stakeholders from the Kingdom of Bahrain to conduct a study using the innovative, engineering-inspired methodological approach, the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), to optimize and evaluate the Peaceful Coexistence and Anti-Extremism middle and high school curricula. No other curriculum targeting tolerance and/or extremism has been optimized using the state-of-the-art MOST methodology. The overall goal of the project is that the optimized versions of Peaceful Coexistence and Anti-Extremism curricula will be used across the Kingdom of Bahrain and translated for use in other countries to combat the spread of extremism and intolerance. Additionally, the D.A.R.E. keepin' it REAL (kiR) and D.A.R.E. myPlaybook high school programs will be evaluated as part of the Peaceful Coexistence and Anti-Extremism evaluation.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | Behavioral: Peaceful CoexistenceClassrooms assigned to the intervention group will receive the Peaceful Coexistence (middle school) or Anti-extremism (high school) curricula. |
| No intervention | No intervention | –Classrooms assigned to the No intervention group will receive general information during their sessions. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 11 to 18 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Public or private Bahraini middle or high school students.
- In addition to the main evaluation questions, the following groups will also be included to make programmatic improvements.
- Parents of above mentioned middle or high school students.
- D.A.R.E. Officers teaching middle school and high school D.A.R.E. in Bahrain.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- None
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Peaceful CoexistenceAlso: Anti-ExtremismThe Peaceful Coexistence intervention seeks to target important risk and protective factors related to tolerance and acceptance. The Anti-Extremism intervention seeks to take the same risk and protective factors covered in the Peaceful Coexistence intervention and have students' psychosocial factors shift their skills and behavior. | Behavioural | Intervention |
Primary outcome
Norms about intolerance
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Participant's mean rating of norms related to intolerance of others measured by the intolerance norms scale.
Dignity
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Mean rating of dignity reported by participants measured by the Jacelon Attributed Dignity Scale.
Plurality
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Mean rating of religious plurality reported by participants using the Religious Plurality scale.
Beliefs about consequences
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Mean rating of participant beliefs about consequences related to not listening to different opinions of others measured by the Beliefs about intolerance consequences scale.
Source literacy
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Mean rating of participants' reported source literacy measured by the Source literacy scale.
Resistance skills
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Mean rating of participants' reported efficacy to resist religiously, politically, or socially extreme sentiments measured by the Resistance skills scale.
Decision making
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Mean rating of participants' report of decision making skills measured by the Decision making skills scale.
Empathy
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Mean rating of participants' empathy toward people and opinions that are different from their own measured by the Emotional Quotient Scale.
Tolerance of different opinions and behaviors of others
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Mean rating pf participants' reporting of expectations of others based on tolerant behaviors measured by the Tolerance of others scale.
Open Mindedness to differing opinions
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Mean ratings of participants' report of open mindedness of differing political, social, and religious ideals measured by the Open Minded Cognition Scale.
Non-Violent Conflict Resolution
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Mean rating of participants' ideals related to non-violent conflict resolution measured by the Normative Beliefs about Aggression Scale.
Community values
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Mean rating of participants' opinions related to their expectations of other as it pertains to extremist behaviors measured by the community values scale.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 18 Dec 2024.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Peaceful Coexistence in people with Norm, Social and Literacy, run by University of North Carolina, Greensboro at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: enrolling by invitation, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Dec 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Norms about intolerance (time frame: immediately post intervention). The study lists 12 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Dec 2024.