New in Town-Internet Intervention for Migrants

NCT04088487 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: WP/2018/A/10
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 178
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

New in Town is an internet intervention for migrants that aims at increasing social self-efficacy. The study aim is to evaluate its effectiveness.

Conditions

Self Efficacy; Loneliness; Social Skills

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change on Social Self-Efficacy

  Social self-efficacy will be measured with the General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES). The measure consists of two subscales for measuring 1) generalized beliefs about self-efficacy (17 test items) and 2) beliefs about self-efficacy in establishing and maintaining relationships with others (6 test items). The remaining test items (7) are buffer theorems. The respondents give answers on a scale 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree). In the trial, the investigators will use one subscale, which is beliefs about self-efficacy in establishing and maintaining relationships with others. Social self-efficacy will be indicated by the total sum of 6 items scores. The higher total score represents higher social self-efficacy.

  Change from baseline on Social Self-Efficacy (3 weeks)

• Change on Social Self-Efficacy

  Social self-efficacy will be measured with the General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES). The measure consists of two subscales for measuring 1) generalized beliefs about self-efficacy (17 test items) and 2) beliefs about self-efficacy in establishing and maintaining relationships with others (6 test items). The remaining test items (7) are buffer theorems. The respondents give answers on a scale 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree). In the trial, the investigators will use one subscale, which is beliefs about self-efficacy in establishing and maintaining relationships with others. Social self-efficacy will be indicated by the total sum of 6 items scores. The higher total score represents higher social self-efficacy.

  Change from baseline on Social Self-Efficacy (8 weeks)

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Change on Loneliness

  Change from baseline on Loneliness (3 weeks)

• Change on Loneliness

  Change from baseline on Loneliness (8 weeks)

• Change on Social support

  Change from baseline on Social support (3 weeks)

• Change on Social support

  Change from baseline on Social support (8 weeks)

• Change on Satisfaction with life

  Change from baseline on Satisfaction with life (3 weeks)

Other Outcomes (1)

• System usability

  3-week post-test (only experimental group)

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants gain access to the internet intervention after the baseline measurement (pre-test).

Behavioral: New in Town-Interner Intervention for Migrants

Waitlist control group

OTHER

Participants gain access to the internet intervention 8 weeks after the baseline measurement (pre-test).

Behavioral: New in Town-Interner Intervention for Migrants

Interventions

New in Town-Interner Intervention for Migrants BEHAVIORAL

New in Town is an internet intervention for migrants that aims at increasing social self-efficacy. Exercises in the intervention are based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and relate to four sources of self-efficacy beliefs-mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasions, and emotional and physiological states (Bandura, 1997).

Experimental group; Waitlist control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• age of at least 18 years
• having changed the place of residence in the last 6 months

You may not qualify if:

• \- no access to a internet

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw: lead

Study Sites (1)

SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Warsaw, Warszawa, 03-815, Poland

Location

Related Publications (12)

• Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. Macmillan.

  BACKGROUND

• Connolly, J. (1989). Social self-efficacy in adolescence: Relations with self-concept, social adjustment, and mental health. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 21(3), 258.

  BACKGROUND

• Constantine MG, Okazaki S, Utsey SO. Self-concealment, social self-efficacy, acculturative stress, and depression in African, Asian, and Latin American international college students. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2004 Jul;74(3):230-241. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.74.3.230.

  PMID: 15291700 BACKGROUND

• Diener E, Emmons RA, Larsen RJ, Griffin S. The Satisfaction With Life Scale. J Pers Assess. 1985 Feb;49(1):71-5. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa4901_13.

  PMID: 16367493 BACKGROUND

• Gierveld, J. D. J., & Van Tilburg, T. (1999). Manual of the loneliness scale. Amsterdam: Department of Social Research Methodology.

  BACKGROUND

• Łuszczyńska, A., Mazurkiewicz, M., Kowalska, M., & Schwarzer, R. (2006). Berlińskie skale wsparcia społecznego (BSSS): Wyniki wstępnych badań nad adaptacją skal i ich własnośnciami psychometrycznymi = Berlin social support scales (BSSS): Polish version of BSSS and preliminary results on its psychometric properties. Studia Psychologiczne, 44(3), 17-27.

  BACKGROUND

• Sherer, M., Maddux, J. E., Mercandante, B., Prentice-Dunn, S., Jacobs, B., & Rogers, R. W. (1982). The self-efficacy scale: Construction and validation. Psychological reports, 51(2), 663-671.

  BACKGROUND

• Smith, H. M., & Betz, N. E. (2000). Development and validation of a scale of perceived social self-efficacy. Journal of Career Assessment, 8(3), 283-301.

  BACKGROUND

• Schrepp, M., Pérez Cota, M., Gonçalves, R., Hinderks, A., & Thomaschewski, J. (2017). Adaption of user experience questionnaires for different user groups. Universal Access in the Information Society, 16(3), 629-640.

  BACKGROUND

• United Nations (2017). 2017 International Migration Report.

  BACKGROUND

• Maj A, Matynia M, Michalak N, Bis A, Andersson G. New in Town-An internet-based self-efficacy intervention for internal migrants: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2024 Mar 7;19(3):e0299638. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299638. eCollection 2024.

  PMID: 38452136 DERIVED

• Rogala A, Szczepaniak M, Michalak N, Andersson G. Internet-based self-help intervention aimed at increasing social self-efficacy among internal migrants in Poland: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Internet Interv. 2020 Apr 23;21:100322. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2020.100322. eCollection 2020 Sep.

  PMID: 32328440 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Social Skills

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Anna Rogala, PhD

  SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 6, 2019
• First Posted: September 12, 2019
• Study Start: January 14, 2020
• Primary Completion: April 3, 2020
• Study Completion: May 8, 2020
• Last Updated: November 13, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PL (1)