RECRUITING

School Violence Exposure as an Adverse Childhood Experience

Study Overview

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Description

This study hypothesize that school safety strategies may contribute to poor mental health and distress among various school populations and proposes the following research questions to be answered through this study: 1. Is there a significant difference in the prevalence of mental health outcomes, perceived school safety, and academic engagement between early adolescent and adolescent students (grades 6 - 12) at schools that have experienced a school shooting and those that have not? 2. Are existing interventions to promote school safety and security associated with poor mental health outcomes among students and school staff? 3. Does the strength of this association between school safety interventions and mental health outcomes differ among students and teachers in those schools who have experienced a school shooting versus among students and teachers in those schools who never experienced a school shooting? And, among our sample of students, are these associations moderated by their ACE history? Participants will be asked to self-report data on their mental health and wellness, and perceived school safety through a survey. Researchers will compare the surveys from the participants from exposure schools (those who experienced a gun shooting incident) with surveys from the participants from non-exposure schools (those who have not experienced a gun shooting incident)

Official Title

School Violence Exposure as an Adverse Childhood Experience: a Nationwide Study of K- 12 School Responses to Violence and Their Impact on Youth Mental Health and Educational Outcomes

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-04-26
Study Completion:2025-12
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06153316

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:11 Years to 65 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. 1. The school must consent to participate in the study.
  2. 2. Gun shooting incident
  3. * For exposure schools: Must have experienced a gun shooting incident between 1/1/2015-12/31/2022 .
  4. * For non-exposure schools: there should not have been a gun shooting incident between 1/1/2011-12/31/2022.
  5. 3. Must have the student population of interest that is middle through grade 12, and-
  6. * For exposure schools: At least one grade that experienced the shooting should still be studying at the school.
  7. * For non-exposure schools: must have the same grade levels as the pair-matched case school and none of them should have been exposed to any gun shooting incident at that school.
  8. 4. Must be a public school.
  9. * All non-public schools (e.g., private, charter, parochial schools) and schools outside of the middle-12 range (e.g. daycares, only elementary, preschools, and universities) are not eligible for the study.
  1. Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  2. Severe psychiatric disorders
  3. Active substance abuse
  4. Unstable medical conditions
  5. Inability to comply with study requirements

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Sonali Rajan
CONTACT
212-678-3458
sr2345@tc.columbia.edu
Charles Branas
CONTACT
212-305-8755
c.branas@columbia.edu

Study Locations (Sites)

Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, New York, 10027
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Teachers College, Columbia University

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-04-26
Study Completion Date2025-12

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-04-26
Study Completion Date2025-12

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • School gun violence, School safety, mental health, ACEs

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Mental Health Outcomes
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • Perceived School Safety
  • Educational Outcomes