Randomized Controlled Trials for Evaluation and
                    Planning

Boruch, Robert F.; Weisburd, David; Turner, Herb; Karpyn, Allison; Littell, Julia H.

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“…Last, the presence of local spillover effects may also have implications for consideration in the design of randomised controlled trials (RCT). While RCTs of eligible individuals still represent the gold standard in impact evaluation,37 analysing programme impacts at the level of sufficiently extended geographical areas seems essential to account for spatial externalities 38…”

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Spatial spillover effects of a community action programme targeting on-licensed premises on violent assaults: evidence from a natural experiment

Brännström

Trolldal

Menke

2015

J Epidemiol Community Health

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Spatial spillover effects of a community action programme targeting on-licensed premises on violent assaults: evidence from a natural experiment

Brännström

Trolldal

Menke

2015

J Epidemiol Community Health

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“…Consistent with guidelines for how to interpret randomized controlled trials, we concluded that the randomization had nearly created random allotment to groups (cf. Boruch et al, 2009;Fives et al, 2013;Ritter & Maynard, 2008;Shadish et al, 2002). In line with results presented in Borelli, Kerr et al (2022), prior to the inclusion of indirect effects, there was no effect of treatment condition on RF (b = .16, SD = .20, p = .20, 95% CI [−.26, .53]), and Latina ethnicity was associated with lower RF (b = −.63, SD = .21, p < .001, 95% CI [−.98, −.24]).…”

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Savoring interventions for mothers of young children: Mechanisms linking relational savoring and personal savoring to reflective functioning

Borelli

Kazmierski

Gaskin

et al. 2023

Infant Mental Health Journal

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Parenting interventions can improve parenting outcomes, with widespread implications for children's developmental trajectories. Relational savoring (RS) is a brief attachment-based intervention with high potential for dissemination.Here we examine data from a recent intervention trial in order to isolate the mechanisms by which savoring predicts reflective functioning (RF) at treatment follow-up through an examination of the content of savoring sessions (specificity, positivity, connectedness, safe haven/secure base, self-focus, child-focus). Mothers (N = 147, M age = 30.84 years, SD age = 5.13; Race: 67.3% White/Caucasian, 12.9% other or declined to state; 10.9% biracial/multiracial, 5.4% Asian, 1.4% Native American/Alaska Native, 2.0% Black/African American; Ethnicity: 41.5% Latina) of toddlers (M age = 20.96 months, SD age = 2.50; 53.5% female) were randomized to four sessions of RS or personal savoring (PS). Both RS and PS predicted higher RF, but through different means. RS was indirectly associated with higher RF through greater connectedness and specificity of savoring content, while PS was indirectly associated with higher RF through greater self-focus in savoring content. We discuss the implications of these findings for treatment development and for our understanding of the emotional experience of mothers of toddlers.

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“…There are ethical issues in using the RCT because of the possibility that effective treatments may be denied to some. There have been many discussions of the ethics of design (Boruch et al, 2009;Fisher & Anushko, 2008;Sieber, 2009), and we will briefly summarize them here. First, if it is known with some degree of certainty that one treatment is better than another, then one must question why the study is to be conducted.…”

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Randomized Controlled Trials : A Gold Standard or Gold Plated?

Bickman¹,

Reich²

2015

Credible and Actionable Evidence: The Foundation for Rigorous and Influential Evaluations

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R andomized controlled or clinical trials (RCTs) have been taking on increasing importance, especially outside of the medical field. 1 The number of RCTs is increasing as well as the number of areas in which they are conducted (Bloom, 2008; Boruch, Weisburd, Turner, Karpyn, & Littell, 2009). Moreover, these designs are being recommended and privileged over other designs by prestigious research organizations (e.g., Shavelson & Towne, 2002). In addition, several U.S. federal agencies deemed the RCT as the gold standard that should be used not only in considering the funding of research and evaluation but also in initiating and terminating programs (Brass, Nunez-Neto, & Williams, 2006). However, over the last several years, there has been considerable debate about whether RCTs should be considered the ultimate standard design (Cook & Payne, 2002; Maxwell, 2004). While most would argue that the RCT is a powerful research design, many debate whether it should be labeled as the gold standard for research trying to determine causality. Dissenters of this design as the model for research cite issues of appropriateness, ethics, feasibility, and cost, arguing that other methods can answer causal questions equally well. Most claim that RCTs are more appropriate for medical and basic science investigations, i AUTHORS' NOTE: We are not the first to use metals to describe standards. Both Rossi (1987) and Berk (2005) have used similar terms.

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Randomized Controlled Trials for Evaluation and Planning

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Spatial spillover effects of a community action programme targeting on-licensed premises on violent assaults: evidence from a natural experiment

Spatial spillover effects of a community action programme targeting on-licensed premises on violent assaults: evidence from a natural experiment

Savoring interventions for mothers of young children: Mechanisms linking relational savoring and personal savoring to reflective functioning

Randomized Controlled Trials : A Gold Standard or Gold Plated?

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