Building Resilience in Cyberbullying Victims

NCT04509531 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2019-0000222
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 850
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a wise intervention based on self-affirmation (SA) and Implicit Theories of Personality (ITP) building resilience in victims. Half of the participants will receive the experimental intervention, while the other half will receive a control intervention.

Conditions

Cyberbullying; Depression; Non Suicidal Self Injury; Social Anxiety; Eating Disorders

Keywords

Adolescence; Prevention; Cyberbullying; Depression; Non Suicidal Self Injury; Social Anxiety; Eating Disorders

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Change from baseline scores of the Cyber Bullying Questionnaire (CBQ; Calvete et al., 2010; Gámez-Guadix, Villa-George, & Calvete, 2014)

  Self reported levels of perpetration (9 items) and victimization (9 items) of peer cyber aggression. Each item is scored 0-4 (0 = never; 4 = almost every week).

  Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.

• Change from baseline scores of the Functional Assessment of Self-Mutilation (FASM; Lloyd, Kelley & Hope, 1997)

  Self reported levels of Non-Suicidal Self-Harm (NSSH). The 6 most representative items will be used. Each item is scored 0-4 (0 = 0 times; 4 = \> 11 times).

  Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.

• Change from baseline scores of the reduced version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D; Rueda-Jaimes et al., 2009).

  Self reported symptoms of depression through 10 items, with a four-point response scale ranging from 0 (practically never) to 3 (almost all the time).

  Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.

• Change from baseline scores of the reduced Spanish version of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A; La Greca & Lopez, 1998; Nelemans et al., 2019)

  Self reported symptomatology of social anxiety through 12 items, with a five-point response scale ranging from 1 (not at all) to 5 (all the time).

  Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.

• Change from baseline scores of the reduced version of the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT; Garner & Garfinkel, 1979; EAT-8, Richter, Strauss, Braehler, Altmann & Berger, 2016)

  Self reported symptomatology associated with eating disorders through 8 items, with a six-point response scale ranging from 1 (never) to 6 (always).

  Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Change from baseline scores of Entity and incremental theories (Levy, Stroessner, & Dweck, 1998).

  Baseline, 1 hour, 3 months, and 6 months.

• Change from baseline scores of attitude towards cyberbullying measure

  Baseline, 1 hour, 3 months, and 6 months.

• Change from baseline scores of attitude towards different courses of action measure

  Baseline, 1 hour, 3 months, and 6 months.

• Change from baseline scores of the anticipation of reactions and behaviors measure

  Baseline, 1 hour, 3 months, and 6 months.

• Change from baseline scores of the intention to use different strategies when the adolescent is exposed to diverse stressors

  Baseline, 1 hour, 3 months, and 6 months.

Study Arms (2)

Experimental: SA, ITP and Resilience

EXPERIMENTAL

1 hour Wise intervention (based on SA, ITP and resilience) consisting on several tasks to be completed online individually.

Behavioral: Wise Intervention (SA, ITP and resilience)

Standard preventive intervention

OTHER

1 hour educational intervention (about internet risks such as sexting and grooming) consisting on several tasks to be completed online individually.

Behavioral: Standard preventive intervention

Interventions

Wise Intervention (SA, ITP and resilience) BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will be based on four general types of change strategies: (1) scientific knowledge, (2) generation of new meanings, (3) commitment through action, and (4) active reflection. This will include activities such as reading scientific information about social behavior and its role in people's well-being and mental health, the meaning of online victimization experiences and ways to react to them, experiences of other young people of their age, and self-persuasion exercises that involve an active commitment to change. Furthermore, it provides a number of strategies to manage everyday conflicts among adolescents. This intervention teaches them new ways to manage these difficulties through different actions (relaxation, distraction, sports, etc.). Finally, they are asked to plan the strategies they will use in the future in the face of some difficulties and to recommend some guidelines for another adolescent who may be going through a similar situation.

Experimental: SA, ITP and Resilience

Standard preventive intervention BEHAVIORAL

The control intervention will involve scientific information and education about internet risks such as sexting and grooming.

Standard preventive intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 19 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Spanish or Basque understanding
• Permission by parents
• Voluntarity

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Deusto: lead
• Fundación Alicia Koplowitz: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Deusto

Bilbao, Bizkaia, 48080, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cyberbullying; Depression; Self-Injurious Behavior; Feeding and Eating Disorders

Interventions

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Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bullying; Aggression; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Harassment, Non-Sexual; Social Behavior; Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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Study Officials

• Esther Calvete, PhD

  University of Deusto

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Allocation will be concealed to the participants, researchers -who will be in class the assessment days if possible depending on the Covid-19 scenario- and teachers.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator, Deusto Stress Research Team, University of Deusto

Model Details: Participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio blocked by gender to one of two groups: experimental condition (SA, ITP and resilience condition) versus control condition (anti-grooming/sexting condition) in parallel for the duration of the study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 30, 2020
• First Posted: August 12, 2020
• Study Start: September 15, 2020
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2021
• Study Completion: July 31, 2021
• Last Updated: September 28, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
• Time Frame: The study protocol and informed consent protocol will be published at clinicaltrials.org Data will be available at OSF when the results are published.
• Access Criteria: Public

Locations

ES (1)