A Stage-Based Expert System for Teen Dating Violence Prevention

基于阶段的青少年约会暴力预防专家系统

基本信息

批准号：
6993308
负责人：
DEBORAH A LEVESQUE
金额：
$ 9.99万
依托单位：
PRO-CHANGE BEHAVIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2005
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2005-09-15 至 2006-11-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6993308
关键词：
adolescence (12-20)behavioral /social science research tag clinical research computer human interaction computer system design /evaluation data collection methodology /evaluation focus groups human subject interpersonal relations interview perception secondary schools self concept social behavior violence prevention

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Male-to-female intimate partner violence accounts for 26% of violence-related injuries in women presenting in hospital emergency departments and 30% of all female homicides. Early to mid-adolescence provides an excellent "window of opportunity" for the prevention of intimate partner violence. Patterns of relating in intimate relationships are still relatively undifferentiated and open to influence. However, the evidence supporting traditional, school-based programs for the prevention of teen dating violence is mixed. A major problem with existing programs is that they are "one size fits all," making it difficult to meet the diverse needs of students-boys and girls, individuals who are dating and those who are not, individuals who have experienced dating violence as a victim, perpetrator, or both, and those who have not. Perhaps most importantly, these interventions neglect individual differences in readiness to use healthy, non-violent ways of relating to stay violence-free. In the current project, we will use expert system technology to integrate best practices for teen dating violence prevention with the Transtheoretical Model (TTM), the "stage model," to develop an interactive computer-administered change program that delivers individualized intervention sessions and exercises tailored to stage of change and other individual characteristics. The primary aims of this project are to develop and validate measures of each of the major dimensions of the TTM, develop a working prototype of the expert system intervention for teen dating violence prevention, and determine the feasibility of our approach in a pilot test. High school students will participate in focus groups to generate ideas for the TTM measures (n=60) and to provide feedback on the intervention materials (n=60); cognitive interviews to ensure TTM instructions and questions are interpreted as intended (n=12); and usability tests to ensure that the expert system intervention is easily navigable and provides a coherent intervention experience (n=12). Six hundred students will complete surveys for measure development, and 100 will participate in the pilot test. Feasibility of this approach will be established if we are able to deliver the intervention as planned during classroom sessions to at least 90% of pilot test participants, and if at least75% of pilot test participants provide an overall rating of 4 or higher (i.e., provide scores in the "good" to "excellent" range) on a measure of acceptability and perceived utility.

描述（由申请人提供）：男性对女性亲密伴侣暴力占医院急诊室女性暴力相关伤害的 26%，占所有女性凶杀案的 30%。青春期早期到中期为预防亲密伴侣暴力提供了极好的“机会之窗”。亲密关系中的交往模式仍然相对未分化且容易受到影响。然而，支持传统的、以学校为基础的预防青少年约会暴力计划的证据却好坏参半。现有项目的一个主要问题是它们“一刀切”，很难满足学生的多样化需求——男孩和女孩、正在约会的人和没有约会的人、经历过约会暴力的人。受害者、肇事者或两者兼而有之，以及那些没有经历过的人。也许最重要的是，这些干预措施忽视了在准备使用健康、非暴力的方式来保持无暴力方面的个体差异。在当前的项目中，我们将利用专家系统技术将预防青少年约会暴力的最佳实践与跨理论模型（TTM）（“阶段模型”）相结合，开发一个交互式计算机管理的变革计划，提供个性化的干预课程和练习根据变化阶段和其他个人特征量身定制。该项目的主要目标是开发和验证 TTM 每个主要维度的衡量标准，开发预防青少年约会暴力的专家系统干预的工作原型，并确定我们的方法在试点测试中的可行性。高中生将参加焦点小组，为 TTM 措施提出想法 (n=60) 并提供对干预材料的反馈 (n=60)；认知访谈，以确保 TTM 指令和问题得到预期解释 (n=12)；可用性测试，以确保专家系统干预易于导航并提供连贯的干预体验（n=12）。 600 名学生将完成衡量标准制定的调查，100 名学生将参加试点测试。如果我们能够在课堂教学中按计划向至少 90% 的试点测试参与者提供干预，并且至少 75% 的试点测试参与者提供 4 或更高的总体评分（即，提供“好”到“优秀”范围内的分数）以衡量可接受性和感知效用。