NettOpp: The Development and Evaluation of an App-based Selective Intervention for Adolescents Exposed to Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying Clinical Trial

Official title:

NettOpp: The Development and Evaluation of an App-based Selective Intervention for Adolescents Exposed to Cyberbullying

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04176666
• Other study ID #: 161212 NettOpp - effektstudie
• Secondary ID: 545417
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 4, 2021
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: University of Tromso
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the project is to develop and evaluate an app-based intervention for adolescents who have been exposed to cyberbullying. The overarching goal is to offer a low-threshold intervention, called NettOpp, that is easy accessible and free to use for every junior high school student who has experienced cyberbullying in Norway.

Description:

The main aim of the intervention is to increase coping strategies for adolescents who have been exposed to cyberbullying. More specifically the aims are to increase 1) knowledge about cyberbullying, 2) help-seeking behavior, 3) coping strategies with cyberbullying, 4) to reduce mental health problems, and 5) cyberbullying, and 6) to increase self-esteem and the 7) sleeping quality of the adolescents.

To evaluate the mobile application three studies will be conducted: A lab test, a pilot study, and a larger effectiveness study with a follow-up examination after 3 months. The lab test will be conducted to examine the quality of the prototype of the app in order to find out if adjustments have to be made. Thereafter, a pilot study will be conducted with adolescents that were exposed to cyberbullying in the past six months. The pilot study will use a pre-post design.The effectiveness study will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial with an intervention group and a waiting-list control group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 709
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 11 Years to 16 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adolescents whose guardians have given consent and who agree to take part in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• severe developmental or cognitive challenges

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cyberbullying

Intervention

Device:
• NettOpp
NettOpp is a mobile application for adolescents aged 11-16 years who have been exposed to cyberbullying or cyberaggression.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	UiT The Arctic University of Norway	Tromsø

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Tromso

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	SDQ (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire)	Adolescents: SDQ (Goodman, 1997): A 25 item self-report assessing mental health and psychosocial functioning in 11-17 years old adolescents on a three point scale.	From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
Primary	CATS (Child and Adolescent Trauma Screening)	Adolescents: CATS (Sachser et al., 2017): A 20 item self-report assessing posttraumatic stress-symptoms for 7-17 year old adolescents on a four point scale.	From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
Primary	WHO-5 (WHO-Five Well-being Index)	Adolescents: WHO-5 (WHO, 1998): A five item self-report questionnaire assessing well-being on a six point scale.	From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
Secondary	Help-seeking behavior	Adolescents: three self-report items measuring if they sought help, who they sought help from, and if they received the help they needed.	From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
Secondary	Cyberbullying	Adolescents: Cyberbullying (Olweus, 1993): One self-report item measuring the frequency of cyberbullying exposure.	From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
Secondary	Self-liking and Competence Scale	Adolescents: Self-liking and Competence Scale (Silvera, Neilands, & Perry, 2001; Tafarodi & Swann, 2001): A 20 item self-report assessing self-liking and self-competence.	From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
Secondary	Sleeping quality	Adolescents: Sleeping quality will be measured with six questions with different response categories from the Bergen Child Study (Hysing, Harvey, Stormark, Pallesen, & Sivertsen, 2018).	From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.
Secondary	CCQ (Cyberbullying Coping Questionnaire)	Adolescents: CCQ (Jacobs, Völlink, Dehue, & Lechner, 2015): A 17 item self-report assessing how often the adolescents use the different cyberbullying coping strategies.	From baseline to 2 weeks after intervention, and after 3 months as follow-up.