Clinical trial NCT04176666: NettOpp: The Development and Evaluation of an App-based Selective Intervention for Adolescents Exposed to Cyberbullying
Official title: NettOpp: The Development and Evaluation of an App-based Selective Intervention for Adolescents Exposed to Cyberbullying
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cyberbullying
Keywords: cyberbullying
cyberaggression
mobile application
Lead sponsor: University of Tromso
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-11-25
Enrollment: 709
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 11
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Intervention and control group
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The aim of the project is to develop and evaluate an app-based intervention for adolescents who have been exposed to cyberbullying. The overarching goal is to offer a low-threshold intervention, called NettOpp, that is easy accessible and free to use for every junior high school student who has experienced cyberbullying in Norway.

Detailed description: The main aim of the intervention is to increase coping strategies for adolescents who have been exposed to cyberbullying. More specifically the aims are to increase 1) knowledge about cyberbullying, 2) help-seeking behavior, 3) coping strategies with cyberbullying, 4) to reduce mental health problems, and 5) cyberbullying, and 6) to increase self-esteem and the 7) sleeping quality of the adolescents.

To evaluate the mobile application three studies will be conducted: A lab test, a pilot study, and a larger effectiveness study with a follow-up examination after 3 months. The lab test will be conducted to examine the quality of the prototype of the app in order to find out if adjustments have to be made. Thereafter, a pilot study will be conducted with adolescents that were exposed to cyberbullying in the past six months. The pilot study will use a pre-post design.The effectiveness study will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial with an intervention group and a waiting-list control group.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adolescents whose guardians have given consent and who agree to take part in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* severe developmental or cognitive challenges

Primary outcomes:
measure: SDQ (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire)
timeFrame: From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
measure: CATS (Child and Adolescent Trauma Screening)
timeFrame: From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
measure: WHO-5 (WHO-Five Well-being Index)
timeFrame: From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Help-seeking behavior
timeFrame: From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
measure: Cyberbullying
timeFrame: From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
measure: Self-liking and Competence Scale
timeFrame: From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
measure: Sleeping quality
timeFrame: From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
measure: CCQ (Cyberbullying Coping Questionnaire)
timeFrame: From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Tromsø
country: Norway
facility: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Study officials:
affiliation: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
name: Henriette Kyrrestad, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Kaiser S, Martinussen M, Adolfsen F, Breivik K, Kyrrestad H. An App-Based Intervention for Adolescents Exposed to Cyberbullying in Norway: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Nov 8;10(11):e31789. doi: 10.2196/31789.