Wise Interventions for Adolescents and Young People in the Digital Society
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Deusto
- Enrollment
- 1,212
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change from baseline scores of the Cyber Bullying Questionnaire (CBQ; Calvete et al., 2010; Gámez-Guadix, Villa-George, & Calvete, 2014)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a Wise intervention based on self-affirmation (SA) and Implicit Theories of Personality (ITP) in Spanish adolescents and young people. Half of participants will receive the ITP and self-affirmation intervention, while the other half will receive a control intervention.
Detailed Description
Adolescence is a period that involves important transitions and learning opportunities. Adolescents and young people learn and develop new competencies and facets in the digital society. Hence, a large part of their social relationships takes place through social media.This offers them numerous positive opportunities for the emotional and social development of adolescents and young people. They can develop positive interactions through prosocial behaviors, empathy, and social support towards others. At the same time it is not without potential risks, especially in adolescence, a stage of psychological vulnerability for risky behaviors. Very recently, interest in scientific social psychology has grown due to a new approach to interventions, which have been called "wise interventions." This approach involves a set of rigorous techniques, based on theory and research, that address specific psychological processes to help people thrive in various life environments. The main objective of this project is to design and evaluate the effectiveness of a wise intervention based on self-affirmation (SA) and Implicit Theories of Personality (ITP) to promote various online prosocial behaviors (help, empathy, collaboration) and prevent online risk and harassment behaviors (online bullying, sexting, grooming). Secondary objectives are (1) to assess the moderating role of gender and the degree of evolutionary development of adolescents and young people, and (2) to evaluate potential mediating mechanisms for the effectiveness of the interventions. The study will involve the evaluation of the intervention in a sample of around 1000 young and adolescents randomly allocated to experimental and control condition.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description
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.
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 11 Years to 19 Years (Child, Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Informed consent by the adolescents and their parents.
- •To be fluent in Spanish and/or Euskera.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Lack of permission by parents and the adolescent.
- •Lack of understanding of the instructions.
Arms & Interventions
Self-affirmation and Incremental theory of personality
1 hour Wise intervention (based on SA and ITP) consisting on several tasks to be completed online individually.
Intervention: Wise Intervention (Self-affirmation and Incremental theory of personality) (Behavioral)
Standard preventive intervention
1 hour educational intervention (about stress management) consisting on several tasks to be completed online individually.
Intervention: Standard preventive intervention (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change from baseline scores of the Cyber Bullying Questionnaire (CBQ; Calvete et al., 2010; Gámez-Guadix, Villa-George, & Calvete, 2014)
Time Frame: Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.
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).
Change from baseline scores of the Online Sexual Solicitation and Interaction of Minors with Adults Questionnaire (Gámez-Guadix, De Santisteban, & Alcazar, 2017).
Time Frame: Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.
Self reported items that assess the sexual interactions with an adult (10 items). Items are rated on a four-point response scale ranging from 0 (never) to 3 (6 or more times).
Change from baseline scores of the Sexting questionnaire (Gámez-Guadix, Almendros, Borrajo, & Calvete, 2015).
Time Frame: Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.
Self reported items about sending photos, information or videos of sexual or intimate content to three potential recipients: a partner, a friend and someone they have met on Internet but not in person (3 items). A five-point response scale was used ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (7 or more times).
Secondary Outcomes
- Change from baseline scores of the Cyber Dating Abuse Questionnaire (CDAQ; Borrajo et al., 2015)(Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months (only in participants with a dating relationship).)
- Change from baseline scores of the reduced version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D; Rueda-Jaimes et al., 2009).(Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.)
- Change from baseline scores of the Online Prosocial Behavior Scale (OPBS; Erreygers, Vandebosch, Vranjes, Baillien y De Witte, 2017).(Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.)
Investigators
Esther Calvete
Principal Investigator, Deusto Stress Research Team, University of Deusto
University of Deusto