Me & You-Tech: A Socio-Ecological Solution to Teen Dating Violence for the Digital Age (MYTech)

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Violence; Domestic Violence; Interpersonal Relations; Adolescent Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Me & You - Tech

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05225727

R42HD100233-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

HSC-SPH-19-0253

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a multi-level (youth, parent, school) Internet-based dating violence prevention program, 'Me & You-Tech' (MYT) for 6th-grade middle school students.

Full description

The purpose of this three year study is to develop and evaluate Me & You - Tech, a computer-based healthy relationships and dating violence prevention curriculum for 6th grade students. The curriculum will be developed and adapted from an existing effective healthy relationship curriculum, Me & You: Building Healthy Relationships. A randomized two-arm design will be conducted among 6th grade students, where students receiving the curriculum were compared to students receiving usual care. Four middle schools participated in the study, 2 schools were randomly assigned to receive the curriculum and two to receive usual care. Outcomes were assessed at baseline, 3 months following completion of the intervention, and 9 months after baseline. Parental permission and student assent were obtained prior to administration of the surveys. The primary hypothesis is that students who receive the curriculum will have significantly lower teen dating violence perpetration than those who do not receive the curriculum.

Enrollment: 123 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 6th grade student
• Currently attending a middle school

Exclusion criteria

• Previous participation in usability and feasibility testing
• Inability to complete activities
• Inability to read English
• Lack of home internet connectivity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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123 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Students randomized to the intervention group will receive Me \& You Tech in place of their standard health education.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Me & You - Tech

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Students assigned to the standard care condition will receive their usual health education which usually includes knowledge-based content on violence prevention taught from the state textbook