The Digital Wellbeing Project
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
This goal of this randomized control trial is to test whether a web application that provides sexual and gender minority youth ages 13-19 (N=200) with tools for affirming their identities and coping with minority stress can affect key psychosocial outcomes, such as coping self-efficacy and symptoms of anxiety and depression.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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N/A |
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Active Comparator: Online Resource website The comparator is a website that includes a list of freely available web-based resources for sexual and gender minority youth. |
Behavioral: Control
The control will have access to resources on the website, but will not receive any engagement reminders, matching the conditions present in real world contexts in which web-based resource lists are available.
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| Experimental: immi The intervention is a novel and scalable web application designed to provide sexual and gender minority youth with tools for affirming their identity and coping with minority stress. |
Behavioral: immi
The intervention has four main content areas: 1) gender identity (the gender guide), 2) sexual orientation (the queerness guide), 3)stress and coping (the stress guide), and 4) internalized stigma (the internalized stigma guide).
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Coping self-efficacy [Changes between baseline and 4-week follow-up]
The Stress Appraisals Measure for Adolescents includes three subscales answered on a 5-point scale. The Challenges subscale has scores ranging from 3 to 15, where higher scores indicate greater perceptions of stress as a surmountable challenge. The Threat subscale has scores ranging from 7 to 35, where higher scores indicate perceiving stress as more threatening. The Resources subscale has scores ranging from 3 to 15, with higher scores indicating greater perception of having the resources to cope with stress.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Identity Affirmation [Changes between baseline and 4-week follow-up]
The Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Positive Identity Measure-Authenticity Subscale has a scoring range from 1 to 7, whereby greater values indicate greater feelings of authenticity.
- Internalization of minority stress [Changes between baseline and 4-week follow-up]
The Coping with Discrimination Scale- Internalization Subscale has a scoring range from 1 to 6; higher scores indicate greater internalization of minority stress.
- Sense of belonging to the queer community [Changes between baseline and 4-week follow-up]
The Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Positive Identity Measure-Community Subscale has a scoring range from 1 to 7, where higher scores indicate greater feelings of connection to the LGBTQ community.
- Anxiety symptoms [Changes between baseline and 4-week follow-up]
The General Anxiety Disorder-7 scale has a range from 0 to 21, where higher scores indicate greater anxiety symptomatology.
- Depression symptoms [Changes between baseline and 4-week follow-up]
The Patient Health Questionnaire-8 inventory has a range from 0 to 24, where higher scores indicate greater depression symptomatology.
- Cognitive and Behavioral Coping Skills [Changes between baseline and 4-week follow-up]
The Brief COPE inventory is comprised of 11 subscales. Each subscale is scored from 2 to 8. Higher values indicate a greater number of specific coping strategies.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Are between 13-19 years of age (inclusive)
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Self-identify as a sexual or gender minority
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Are English literate
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Reside within the United States
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Have access to a device that has internet access, a web browser, and SMS capabilities, such as a smartphone, computer, or tablet
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Willingness to participate in study activities
Exclusion Criteria:
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Not between 13-19 years of age (inclusive)
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Does not self-identify as a sexual or gender minority
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Is not English literate
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Does not reside within the United States
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Does not have access to a device that has internet access, a web browser, and SMS capabilities, such as a smartphone, computer, or tablet
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Unwilling to participate in study activities
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | United States | 19104 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- University of Pennsylvania
- HopeLab Foundation
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Jose A Bauermeister, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
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