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

September 1, 2022 updated by: Johns Hopkins University
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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

617

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
        • Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
    • Missouri
      • Columbia, Missouri, United States, 65233
        • University of Missouri

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

15 years to 17 years (CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: OTHER
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: myPlan Teen Group
Personalized Healthy Relationship and Safety Planning Tool.
Behavioral: 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.

Other Names:
  • myPlan Teen
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Usual Care Teen Control Group
Usual Care Teen Relationships and Health Resource.
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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from baseline in safety behaviors measured by the Safety Behavior Checklist
Time Frame: Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months
Percent of safety behaviors that a person has tried that they found helpful measured on checklist adapted from Intimate Partner Violence Strategies Index to assess for the range of formal and informal help seeking strategies used to halt, escape, or resist violence, and the helpfulness of each strategy.
Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months
Change from baseline in State of Change in Enacting Safety Behaviors
Time Frame: Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months
Score on a 0 - 5 scale indicating stage a person is in with regard to taking action to make their relationship healthy with 0 indicating no action and 5 indicating full action.
Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from baseline in survivors' dating abuse experience measured by Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI)
Time Frame: Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months
CADRI is an 11 item scale with a 5 point response scale (never to always) that measures the frequency of experiencing different forms of dating abuse
Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months
Change from baseline in survivors' depression measured by Pediatric Depressive Symptoms - Short Form 8a.
Time Frame: Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months
The Pediatric Depressive Symptoms - SF 8a is an 8 items scale with a 5 point response scale (never to always) that measures the frequency of different depressive symptoms. It was developed as part of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS).
Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Collaborators

University of Missouri-Columbia
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

December 6, 2020

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

August 25, 2022

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

August 25, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 21, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 21, 2020

First Posted (ACTUAL)

September 25, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

September 2, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 1, 2022

Last Verified

July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB00241935
  • R01CE002979 (NIH)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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