Clinical trial NCT04564261: Examining the Effectiveness of the myPlan App to Prevent Dating Violence With Adolescents
Official title: Examining the Effectiveness of the myPlan App to Prevent Dating Violence With Adolescents
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Intimate Partner Violence
Keywords: Intimate Partner Violence
Dating Violence
Relationships
Safety Planning
Adolescent
Technology
App
Teen
Lead sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
name: University of Missouri-Columbia
First posted: 2020-09-25
Enrollment: 617
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 15
Maximum age (years): 17
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Intimate partner violence (IPV), including violence in teen dating relationships \[teen dating violence (TDV)\], is a common and a serious threat to adolescent health, safety, and well-being. TDV may include psychological/emotional abuse, sexual harassment or coercion, stalking (including cyberstalking), and physical or sexual violence. For many, the first experience of violence is in a dating or casual relationship with a partner or acquaintance during adolescence. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the effectiveness of an adapted version of the myPlan app for adolescents (ages 15-17 years) to prevent and respond to TDV. myPlan is an app available for mobile download or by web browser that interactively assists users to assess the health and safety of user's intimate relationship, receive personalized strategies on how build healthier relationships, stay safe and healthy while navigating an unsafe relationship, and get connected to support and resources.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Between the ages of 15-17 years old
* Lives in the United States
* Reports current or past 6 months physical violence, sexual violence, emotional abuse, verbal abuse, or staking (including cyberstalking or electronic aggression) by a dating/casual/intimate/ex-intimate partner
* Speaks/reads English
* Has access to a safe device (e.g., smartphone, tablet, or computer) with internet access and comfortable downloading an app or using the internet
* Has a safe contact phone number or email address

Exclusion Criteria:

* Younger than 15 years of age
* Older than 17 years of age
* Does not report current or past 6 months abuse from a dating/casual/intimate/ex- intimate partner
* Does not speak/read English
* Does not have access to a safe device (e.g., smartphone, tablet, or computer) with internet access
* Does not have a safe contact phone number or email address

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in safety behaviors measured by the Safety Behavior Checklist
timeFrame: Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months
measure: Change from baseline in State of Change in Enacting Safety Behaviors
timeFrame: Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in survivors' dating abuse experience measured by Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI)
timeFrame: Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months
measure: Change from baseline in survivors' depression measured by Pediatric Depressive Symptoms - Short Form 8a.
timeFrame: Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Baltimore
country: United States
facility: Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
state: Maryland
city: Columbia
country: United States
facility: University of Missouri
state: Missouri
Study officials:
affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
name: Nancy E Glass, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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