Prevention of depressive symptoms, anxiety, distress and irrational thoughts among victims of cyberbullying on the Vmbo through an online tailored advice.
- Conditions
- mentale en gedragsmatige coping'inadequat coping behavior' and 'dealing with cyber bullying'10027946
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON39069
- Lead Sponsor
- Open Universiteit
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 3570
Dutch adolescents who were victims of at least three of the 17 deviant cyber behaviors at least once a month during the last six months, or adolescents who were victims of at least one deviant cyber behavior at least twice or three times a month during the last six months. These adolescents also have to indicate if they are in need of help.
The adolescents have to be between the ages of 12-15 years old and they also have to attend the first year of Vmbo in order to start with our research.
Dutch adolescents who did not experience cyberbullying, and cyberbullies. Further, in case of high norm-scores on clinical depression (based on DSM-IV criteria), youngsters are automatically and directly adviced to seek help from a professional, are offered the option to be contacted about seeking and finding help, they receive an e-mail with usefull information about seeking help, and are excluded from participation. Parents and/or teachers will also be contacted. In case of high norm-socres on subclinical depression (based on DSM-IV criteria), youngsters are automatically and directly adviced to seek help, they receive an e-mail with usefull information about seeking help, and are allowed to continue with the intervention. E-mails contain useful website*s offering chat and telephone services for adolescents seeking help in a variety of issues, and encouragements in talking with a professional.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Primary effect outcomes at baseline, 1 month, two moths, six months and a year<br /><br>after the start of the intervention are changes in frequency cyberbullying<br /><br>(assed by 17 deviant cyber behaviors), changes in frequency traditional<br /><br>bullying (self-developed questions), in psychosocial well-being (assed by the<br /><br>Youth Self-Report) and problem behavior (assed by the Youth Self-Report), the<br /><br>number of passive and/or aggressive victims of cyberbullying (assessed by a<br /><br>self-developed questionnaire), and school performance and truancy of (former)<br /><br>cyberbullying victims (assessed by self-developed questions and<br /><br>schoolregistration).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>An increase in effective cyber coping skills and rational helpful thoughts<br /><br>(assessed by self-developed questionnaires). Besides these parameters,<br /><br>determinants of coping behavior such as self-efficacy, self-esteem, action<br /><br>planning, coping planning and constructive emotions should change. We use<br /><br>standard reliable scales and existing questionnaires.</p><br>