Examining the Effectiveness of the myPlan App to Prevent Dating Violence With Adolescents

NCT ID: NCT04564261

Last Updated: 2022-09-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 617 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-12-06
• Study Completion Date: 2022-08-25

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.

Conditions

Intimate Partner Violence

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

myPlan Teen Group

Personalized Healthy Relationship and Safety Planning Tool.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Personalized Healthy Relationship and Safety Planning Tool

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The app delivers evidence-based information and resources in three sections:

My Relationship: contains a series of activities (e.g., "quizzes") to raise awareness of common myths about unhealthy relationships, determine characteristics of healthy relationships, examine the red flags in an unhealthy relationship, and assess risk factors for more severe abuse. Participants are provided with personalized messages about their relationship health and safety based on the answers they endorse.

My Strategies: personalized strategies to increase participants' safety and well-being based on responses in the previous section.

My Resources: direct links to the National Dating Abuse hotline, textline, and chatline, as well as personalized health and safety resources.

Usual Care Teen Control Group

Usual Care Teen Relationships and Health Resource.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual Care Teen Relationship and Health Website

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The control group website will provide participants with tools to learn about health topics including examining healthy relationships. The resources will be targeted to adolescents. The control group website is not personalized to the participant or their relationship.

Interventions

Personalized Healthy Relationship and Safety Planning Tool

The app delivers evidence-based information and resources in three sections:

My Relationship: contains a series of activities (e.g., "quizzes") to raise awareness of common myths about unhealthy relationships, determine characteristics of healthy relationships, examine the red flags in an unhealthy relationship, and assess risk factors for more severe abuse. Participants are provided with personalized messages about their relationship health and safety based on the answers they endorse.

My Strategies: personalized strategies to increase participants' safety and well-being based on responses in the previous section.

My Resources: direct links to the National Dating Abuse hotline, textline, and chatline, as well as personalized health and safety resources.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care Teen Relationship and Health Website

The control group website will provide participants with tools to learn about health topics including examining healthy relationships. The resources will be targeted to adolescents. The control group website is not personalized to the participant or their relationship.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

myPlan Teen

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 17 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Missouri-Columbia

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Johns Hopkins University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Nancy E Glass, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Johns Hopkins University

Locations

Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

R01CE002979

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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IRB00241935

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id