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Anti-Bullying app shows promise in school trial
NCT ID NCT05572398
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a mobile web app version of the STAC bullying intervention in 613 middle school students across four states. The app teaches students techniques to intervene when they see bullying. Researchers measured students' knowledge, confidence, and how often they used the strategies, as well as bullying victimization rates.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- STAC-T mobile web app (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a low-cost, scalable way to reduce bullying in schools.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed feasibility and efficacy trial. Results may not generalize beyond the four states studied, and the app's impact on real-world bullying may be limited.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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613 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2022
- Finished
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Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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11 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria for Students: * being enrolled in grades 6, 7, or 8 in a middle/junior high school in Idaho, Oregon, Mississippi, or New Hampshire. * being selected by school counselors and teachers for having a desire to make a positive difference at school, be mature, and have the ability to positively engage with peers and adults (Aims 1 and 2). * speaks and reads English or Spanish. * parent consents and student assents for participation. Exclusion Criteria for Students: * participated in a previous study on STAC. * speaks and reads only a language other than English or Spanish. * does not consent and/or assent for participation. Inclusion Criteria for School Personnel: * employed in a middle/junior high school in Idaho or Mississippi with grades 6, 7, or 8. * employed as a principal, teacher, or school counselor. * speaks and reads English or Spanish. * consents to participate. Exclusion Criteria for School Personnel: * participated in a previous study on STAC. * speaks and reads only a language other than English or Spanish. * does not consent for participation.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Boise State University
Boise, Idaho, 83725-1135, United States
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University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi, 38677-1848, United States
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