Examining the Efficacy of the PRAISE With Coaching Program

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 8 years and older
• All sexes
• Healthy volunteers accepted
• Child, Adult, Older adult

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

Official title: Examining the Efficacy of the PRAISE With Coaching Program in Reducing Peer Aggression and Bullying

Conditions

Aggression Childhood, Bullying Victimization, Social Behavior

Being tested

Universal, classroom-based, Bullying and Aggression Prevention Program

Keywords

late elementary school, universal classroom-based, aggression prevention, bullying prevention, relational aggression, coaching

Medical subject headings

Social Behavior

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

• Universal, classroom-based, Bullying and Aggression Prevention ProgramBehavioural

  PRAISE is a universal, classroom-based aggression and bullying prevention program that addresses all forms (physical, verbal, relational, cyber), with a strong focus on the relational and reactive behaviors. All emotional and social skills taught focus on applying and practicing the skills within peer relationships. This program has gone through iterative development and adaptations using a community-based participatory approach whereby the elementary students and staff were active partners with researchers in refining the program. Specific attention was paid to ensuring that the program is feasible for schools to implement and sustain while also being relevant and relatable for students from a variety of backgrounds and school communities (e.g., under-resourced, higher levels of community violence). This updated PRAISE includes ~14 sessions (amounts can vary by grade) and training and coaching for school-based facilitators of the program.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

1. Knowledge of Social Information Processing

   Student self-report of social information processing knowledge will be gathered using the Knowledge of Anger Problem Solving measure (9 items) where items are scored a 1 if correct and 0 if incorrect and summed (Range: 0-9), higher scores reflect better social information processing

   Measured: At baseline and post intervention, approximately 8 months.

2. Hostile Attributions

   Student self-report of hostile attributions will be assessed using the Cartoon-Based Hostile Attributional Bias measure, with 2 relational vignettes and 2 physical vignettes, with one question asking whether a behavior was intentional or unintentional. Each vignette has a range of 0 (no bias) to 4 (strong bias). Scores on the 2 items per vignette type (relational, physical) are summed where higher scores reflect a worse outcome.

   Measured: At baseline and post intervention, approximately 8 months.

3. Reactive/proactive Aggression

   Measured via student self-report using items drawn from the Peer Conflict Scale -Youth Version measure, the proactive relational (6 items) and reactive relational (6 items) and overt (5 items). Items, with a range of 1-Not at all true to 4-Definitely true, will be averaged per scale. Higher scores indicate more proactive relational, reactive relational and reactive overt aggression.

   Measured: At baseline and post intervention, approximately 8 months.

4. Cyberbullying

   Student Self-report on items drawn from the European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire will assess two scales: cyberbullying perpetration (7 items) and victimization (7 items) with answers ranging from 1-Never to 5-A few times a week. Items will be averaged such that higher score is more perpetration or victimization experiences.

   Measured: At baseline and post intervention, approximately 8 months.

5. Bystander Behaviors

   Self-report of positive bystander behaviors will be assessed using 5 items drawn from the Maryland Safe and Supportive Schools (MDS3) Climate Survey with answers ranging from 1-Never to 5-All the time. Items are averaged with higher scores indicating more use of positive bystander behaviors.

   Measured: At baseline and post intervention, approximately 8 months.

6. Relational and Overt Aggression

   Using teacher report on each child in their classroom, the Children's Social Behavior Questionnaire will assess a child's relational (7 items) and overt (4 items) aggression with a range of 1-Never true to 5-Almost always true. Items are averaged per scale with higher scores indicating more relational or overt aggression.

   Measured: At baseline and post intervention, approximately 8 months.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

1. First posted25 Sep 2025
2. Study start26 Sep 2025
3. Primary completion30 Jun 2028 (estimated)
4. Study completion30 Dec 2028 (estimated)

Resources

• Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
• Other trials for Aggression ChildhoodStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
• More trials run by Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaThe sponsor's other registered studies.
• 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.