Effectiveness of a Safety App to Respond to Dating Violence for College Women and Their Friends
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 649
- 试验地点
- 8
- 主要终点
- Change from baseline in friends' efficacy to intervene on adapted Self-efficacy to Deal with Violence Scale at 12 months
研究概览
简要总结
Intimate partner violence (IPV), including violence in dating relationships (dating violence, DV) is a widespread and serious public health problem. Among U.S. female IPV survivors, 47.1% report their first abusive relationship occurred at college age (age 18-24). Similarly, in national surveys, adults respondents 18-24 years of age report the highest rate of stalking victimization, most commonly by a former intimate partner. Safety planning is the most widely used intervention to prevent and respond to IPV, yet the vast majority of abused women never access safety planning services. Our challenge is to increase college women's access to safety planning, with the opportunity to consider their unique safety priorities and level of danger during and when ending an abusive relationship. In addition, while "bystander" interventions that train peers to safely intervene have been shown to be effective in sexual assault prevention on campus, and college women in abusive relationships most frequently disclose IPV to a friend, no similar interventions have been tested with friends for IPV response on campuses. Therefore, the objective of the study is to evaluate the:
- effectiveness of an interactive, personalized smart phone and web based safety application ("App") intervention in Maryland and Oregon with: 1) college women (age 18-24) who experience IPV and 2) friends (age 18-24) of women experiencing IPV. The safety decision App allows the user to enter information on: a) relationship health; b) safety priorities; and c) severity of violence/danger in relationship. The App then uses the information to provide the user with a personalized safety planning information and resources; and
- dissemination of the App nationally to determine the reach, adoption, implementation and maintenance of App use among university/college students.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 24 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Females who report current physical violence, sexual violence, psychological abuse or stalking by a dating/intimate/ex-intimate partner, or who have a female friend currently experiencing abuse from dating/intimate/ex-intimate partner.
- •Males who have a female friend currently experiencing physical violence, sexual violence, psychological abuse or stalking by a dating/intimate/ex-intimate partner
- •English speaking
- •Between the ages of 18-24 years old
- •Attend a college in Maryland or Oregon
- •Enrolled in college or university (at least part time)
- •Have access to a safe smart-phone or computer with internet and are comfortable downloading an app or using the internet
- •Have a safe email address
排除标准
- •Younger than 18 years of age
- •Older than 24 years of age
- •Cannot read/speak English
- •Live outside targeted states
- •No access to safe smart phone or computer with internet
- •Uncomfortable with downloading an app
- •No access to a safe email address
- •Does not report current violence from an intimate partner or having a female friend that has experienced intimate partner violence
结局指标
主要结局
Change from baseline in friends' efficacy to intervene on adapted Self-efficacy to Deal with Violence Scale at 12 months
时间窗: Baseline, 12 months
19 times scale adapted to assess friends of survivors' confidence to intervene.
Changes from baseline in friends' supportive behaviors on Supportive Behaviors Checklist at 12 months
时间窗: Baseline, 12 months
Assesses supportive behaviors used to assist a friend experiencing intimate partner violence.
Change from baseline in survivors' use of safety strategies on Safety Behavior Checklist at 12 months
时间窗: Baseline, 12 Months
Adapted from Intimate Partner Violence Strategies Index to assess for survivors the range of strategies used to halt, escape, or resist violence, and the helpfulness of each strategy.
Change from baseline in survivors' and friends' decisional conflict on Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS) immediately post intervention.
时间窗: Baseline, immediately post intervention
The DCS consists of twelve items, with each question having three response options (yes, no, and unsure). The DCS provides a total score, which is a measure of the decision process, as well as scores for four subscales (feeling informed, certainty about decision, values clarity, and support), with higher scores on the DCS indicating a greater degree of decisional conflict (indicative of a poorer decision process). Will be used to assess decisional conflict with survivors and friends.
次要结局
- Change from baseline in survivors' and friends' Decisional Conflict on Decisional Conflict Scale at 12 mo(Baseline, 12 month)
- Change from baseline in survivor' depression on Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, Revised at 12 months(Baseline, 12 months)
- Change from baseline in survivors' abuse exposure on the Composite Abuse Scale (CAS) at 12 months(Baseline, 12 months)
- Change from baseline in survivors' drug and alcohol use on adapted Monitoring the Future Drug and Alcohol Questionnaire at 12 months.(Baseline, 12 months)
- Changes from baseline in friends' attitudes on the Intimate Partner Violence on the Acceptance of Dating Violence Scale at 12 months(Baseline, 12 months)