The Interactive Media and Gender-related Stressors and Strengths (IMAGES) Study Part 3: Feasibility Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 120
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Digital toolkit feasibility
研究概览
简要总结
Emerging adulthood is a key developmental period with unique challenges, including elevated risk of substance use (including risky drinking, cigarette use, and illicit drug use), eating disorder symptoms, and severe psychological distress and suicidal ideation. This critical developmental period also offers an important opportunity for interventions to prevent adverse mental health outcomes in adulthood, particularly those related to substance use and disordered eating behaviors.
Research suggests several relevant potential targets for preventive interventions in this age group. Online media, especially social media (e.g., Instagram), are used by 90% of U.S. young adults, offering unprecedented access to informational and social support for young adults. Yet online media also provide new channels for harmful exposure to stigma (e.g., online harassment) and sociocultural appearance ideals for young adults. Such exposures may cause or exacerbate substance use and adverse mental health outcomes.
Existing brief interventions that improve media literacy (i.e., the ability to critically analyze and interpret media) and increase resistance to harmful sociocultural appearance ideals offer promise in supporting young adults to reduce body dissatisfaction and stress and coping behaviors (like substance use and disordered eating behaviors). However, these interventions have not previously accounted for the core role of body dissatisfaction or unique dimensions of social media literacy in young adults' health. Further, existing preventive interventions in this area have primarily been developed and tested with a focus on cisgender young people. To date, there are no gender-inclusive evidence-based interventions to address both social media-based stressors (e.g., harassment, appearance ideals) and resilience factors (e.g., social support) for young adults.
详细描述
To address this gap, the investigators have been developing an interactive psychoeducational website as a brief preventive intervention (called the IMAGES Project Digital toolkit). The toolkit can be found at www.imagesproject.com. In the final phase of this study, an exploratory, single-arm feasibility study of the digital toolkit with a sample of young adults (n=120) ages 18-25 years will be conducted. The study design will entail baseline, immediate-post-intervention, and 3-month follow-up assessments. Primary outcomes are: intervention feasibility, acceptability, and participant satisfaction. In addition we will collect preliminary data on selected exploratory outcomes: social media-related risk factors for disordered eating and substance use (e.g., social media literacy skills, appearance ideal internalization) and selected behaviors (disordered eating and substance use).
This study will determine the extent to which the digital toolkit (brief intervention) is feasible, acceptable, and suitable for future testing among US young adults.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 25 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Reside in United States
- •Have access to computer, tablet, or mobile device with internet access
- •Have used any social media platform in the past week
排除标准
- •Unable to understand and read English
研究组 & 干预措施
IMAGES Project Digital Toolkit
Participants will be encouraged to complete the modules on an interactive website with a series of short didactic videos and interactive activities.
干预措施: digital web based toolkit (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Digital toolkit feasibility
时间窗: 24-48 hours after web-based intervention
A validated scale by Weiner et al., 2017 will be used to assess feasibility. It has 4 items assessing dimensions of feasibility (e.g., "The digital toolkit seems like a good match"), with response options ranging from Completely agree (1) to Completely disagree (5). Scores can range from 4 to 20 and lower scores suggest greater feasibility.
Digital toolkit acceptability
时间窗: 24-48 hours after web-based intervention
A validated scale by Weiner et al., 2017 will be used to assess acceptability. It has 4 items assessing perceived acceptability of the digital toolkit (e.g., "The digital toolkit was appealing to me"), with response options ranging from Completely agree (1) to Completely disagree (5). Scores can range from 4 to 20 and lower scores suggest greater acceptability.
Digital toolkit appropriateness
时间窗: 24-48 hours after web-based intervention
2 relevant items from a Intervention Appropriateness Measure (Weiner et al., 2017) e.g., ("The digital toolkit seems easy to use"). Response options range from Completely agree (1) to Completely disagree (5). Scores can range from 2 to 10 and lower scores suggest greater appropriateness.
Digital toolkit satisfaction
时间窗: 24-48 hours after web-based intervention, 3-months after web-based intervention
The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (Larson, 1979) which is a validated 8-item scale will be used to assess . Response options are tailored to specific items, with higher scores always indicating greater satisfaction, for example: i. How would you rate the quality of the digital toolkit? Response options: Poor (1) to Excellent (5) ii. If you were to seek help again, would you come back to the toolkit? Response options: No, definitely not (1) to Yes, definitely (4) iii. To what extent has the toolkit met your needs? Response options: Almost all of my needs have been met (4) to None of my needs have been met (1) iv. How satisfied are you with the amount of information you received in the toolkit? Response options: Quite dissatisfied (1) to Very satisfied (4) v. Has the toolkit helped you to deal more effectively with your problems? Response options: Yes, it helped a great deal (4) to No, it seemed to make things worse (1)
次要结局
未报告次要终点