Effectiveness of a Safety App to Respond to Dating Violence for College Women and Their Friends

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

649 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-07-31

Study Completion Date

2020-02-07

Brief Summary

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Intimate partner violence (IPV), including violence in dating relationships (dating violence, DV) is a widespread and serious public health problem. Among U.S. female IPV survivors, 47.1% report their first abusive relationship occurred at college age (age 18-24). Similarly, in national surveys, adults respondents 18-24 years of age report the highest rate of stalking victimization, most commonly by a former intimate partner. Safety planning is the most widely used intervention to prevent and respond to IPV, yet the vast majority of abused women never access safety planning services. Our challenge is to increase college women's access to safety planning, with the opportunity to consider their unique safety priorities and level of danger during and when ending an abusive relationship. In addition, while "bystander" interventions that train peers to safely intervene have been shown to be effective in sexual assault prevention on campus, and college women in abusive relationships most frequently disclose IPV to a friend, no similar interventions have been tested with friends for IPV response on campuses. Therefore, the objective of the study is to evaluate the:

1. effectiveness of an interactive, personalized smart phone and web based safety application ("App") intervention in Maryland and Oregon with: 1) college women (age 18-24) who experience IPV and 2) friends (age 18-24) of women experiencing IPV. The safety decision App allows the user to enter information on: a) relationship health; b) safety priorities; and c) severity of violence/danger in relationship. The App then uses the information to provide the user with a personalized safety planning information and resources; and
2. dissemination of the App nationally to determine the reach, adoption, implementation and maintenance of App use among university/college students.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Intimate Partner Violence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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App Based Safety Decision Aid

Personalized App-Based Safety Decision Aid

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Personalized App-Based Safety Decision Aid

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Setting of priorities for safety: participants will establish priorities by making pairwise comparisons of importance between 5 factors.

Danger Assessment: asks participants to report on well-established risk factors for repeat violence and lethal IPV. A weighted scoring algorithm provides participants with their validated level of danger and safety planning information and resources based on their level of danger.

Personalized action plan: Based on a participant's answers to the previous sections, a list of safety strategies with links to resources will be presented tailored to their level of danger and priority settings. The participant is given the option to print results and the personalized plan.

Control App

Usual Care Safety Plan

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual Care Safety Planing App

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The control group App will provide women and friends with basic safety planning information and a brief resource list of IPV resources. The resources will be targeted to college students age 18-24 years. The control group App safety plan is not personalized to woman/friend's safety priorities and danger in the relationship.

Interventions

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Usual Care Safety Planing App

The control group App will provide women and friends with basic safety planning information and a brief resource list of IPV resources. The resources will be targeted to college students age 18-24 years. The control group App safety plan is not personalized to woman/friend's safety priorities and danger in the relationship.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Personalized App-Based Safety Decision Aid

Setting of priorities for safety: participants will establish priorities by making pairwise comparisons of importance between 5 factors.

Danger Assessment: asks participants to report on well-established risk factors for repeat violence and lethal IPV. A weighted scoring algorithm provides participants with their validated level of danger and safety planning information and resources based on their level of danger.

Personalized action plan: Based on a participant's answers to the previous sections, a list of safety strategies with links to resources will be presented tailored to their level of danger and priority settings. The participant is given the option to print results and the personalized plan.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Females who report current physical violence, sexual violence, psychological abuse or stalking by a dating/intimate/ex-intimate partner, or who have a female friend currently experiencing abuse from dating/intimate/ex-intimate partner.
* Males who have a female friend currently experiencing physical violence, sexual violence, psychological abuse or stalking by a dating/intimate/ex-intimate partner
* English speaking
* Between the ages of 18-24 years old
* Attend a college in Maryland or Oregon
* Enrolled in college or university (at least part time)
* Have access to a safe smart-phone or computer with internet and are comfortable downloading an app or using the internet
* Have a safe email address

Exclusion Criteria

* Younger than 18 years of age
* Older than 24 years of age
* Cannot read/speak English
* Live outside targeted states
* No access to safe smart phone or computer with internet
* Uncomfortable with downloading an app
* No access to a safe email address
* Does not report current violence from an intimate partner or having a female friend that has experienced intimate partner violence

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes