Examining the Effectiveness of the myPlan App to Prevent Dating Violence With Adolescents
2 other identifiers
interventional
617
1 country
2
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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Dec 2020
2 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 21, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 25, 2020
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
December 6, 2020
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 25, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 25, 2022
CompletedSeptember 2, 2022
July 1, 2022
1.7 years
September 21, 2020
September 1, 2022
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Change from baseline in safety behaviors measured by the Safety Behavior Checklist
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
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 Outcomes (2)
Change from baseline in survivors' dating abuse experience measured by Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI)
Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months
Change from baseline in survivors' depression measured by Pediatric Depressive Symptoms - Short Form 8a.
Baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-months
Study Arms (2)
myPlan Teen Group
EXPERIMENTALPersonalized Healthy Relationship and Safety Planning Tool.
Usual Care Teen Control Group
ACTIVE COMPARATORUsual Care Teen Relationships and Health Resource.
Interventions
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.
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.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- 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
You may not qualify if:
- 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
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Johns Hopkins Universitylead
- Centers for Disease Control and Preventioncollaborator
- University of Missouri-Columbiacollaborator
Study Sites (2)
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri, 65233, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Nancy E Glass, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 21, 2020
First Posted
September 25, 2020
Study Start
December 6, 2020
Primary Completion
August 25, 2022
Study Completion
August 25, 2022
Last Updated
September 2, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-07