title: Testing two approaches to revictimization prevention among adolescent girls in the child welfare system.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Girls in the child welfare system are at high risk of revictimization in adolescence. The present study compared two interventions designed to decrease revictimization in a diverse sample of adolescent child welfare-involved girls. The social learning/feminist (SL/F) intervention focused on concepts derived from social learning and feminist models of risk, such as sexism and beliefs about relationships. The risk detection/executive function (RD/EF) intervention focused on development of specific executive function abilities related to detecting and responding to risky situations/people.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were randomized to RD/EF (n = 67) or SL/F intervention (n = 67). A group of youth (n = 42) engaged in the research assessments only. Participants (n = 180) were assessed before intervention, immediately after intervention, 2 months after intervention, and 6 months after intervention. We examined revictimization (the presence/absence of sexual or physical assault in any relationship) over time.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adolescent girls in the RD/EF condition were nearly five times less likely to report sexual revictimization compared with girls in the no-treatment group. A trend suggested that girls who participated in the SL/F intervention were 2.5 times less likely to report sexual revictimization relative to the no-treatment group. For physical revictimization, the odds of not being physically revictimized were three times greater in the SL/F condition and two times greater in the RD/EF condition compared with the no-treatment group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The active interventions did not differ significantly from one another in rates of revictimization, suggesting that practitioners have at least two viable options to engage high-risk youth in revictimization prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. Electronic address: Anne.DePrince@du.edu.
authors.forename: Anne P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: DePrince
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado.
authors.forename: Ann T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Labus
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado.
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Shirk
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado.
authors.forename: Cathryn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Potter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012309:Risk-Taking; D063507:Sexism / Q000523:psychology; D066262:Social Norms; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Child welfare; Executive function; Feminist; Revictimization; Risk detection; Social learning