Anger and Violence Behaviors
The Transtheoretical Model has proven effective at helping change many different types of behavior, including teen violence, sexual assault, and domestic abuse.
Domestic Violence
A complete interactive web application for participants is available, developed from our research1 in this area. We also have printed manuals for participants and treatment facilitators. See our Domestic Violence page for details.
Bullying
We have expertise2 3 in bullying prevention, helping youth to always act with respect and not be a bully, victim, or passive bystander.
Teen Dating Violence
We have completed4 a Phase I online TTM-based Small Business Innovation Research Grant in the area of Teen Dating Violence and are seeking Phase II funding.
Teens Keeping Out of Trouble with the Law
We have a stage-based manual and a validated measure from our work with youth on probation.
Results Published
1.Levesque, D.A., Driskell, M.M., Prochaska, J.M. & Prochaska, J.O. (2008). Acceptability of a stage-matched expert system intervention for domestic violence offenders. Violence and Victims, 23, 432-445.
2.Evers, K.E., Prochaska, J.O., Van Marter, D.F., Johnson, J.L. & Prochaska, J.M. (2007). Transtheoretical-based bullying prevention effectiveness trial in middle schools and high schools. Educational Research, 49, 397-414
3.Prochaska, J.O., Evers, K.E., Prochaska, J.M., Van Marter, D.F. & Johnson, J.L. (2007). Efficacy and effectiveness trials: Examples from smoking cessation and bullying prevention. Journal of Health Psychology, 12, 170-178 abstract
Abstract: If health psychology is to maximize impacts on health, there will need to be a shift from relying primarily on efficacy trials to increasing reliance on effectiveness trials. Efficacy trials use homogeneous, highly motivated samples with minimal complications from a single setting receiving intensive treatments delivered under highly controlled conditions. Two effectiveness trials on bullying prevention illustrate the use of a heterogeneous population from multiple sites receiving a low intensity tailored treatment delivered under highly variable conditions. In spite of considerable noise the effectiveness trials produced robust results (odds ratios of about four) that bode well for population impacts under real-world dissemination.
4.Levesque, D.A., Van Marter, D.F., Green, R.N., Prochaska, J.M., Castle, P.H. & Prochaska, J.O. (under review). Using healthy relationship skills to prevent teen dating violence: Development and validation of a stage of change measure.
