Adaptation and Implementation of Flourish Within Schools: Strengthening Suicide Prevention Services for Adolescents Experiencing Online Victimization
Candice Biernesser
Summary
This study will test Flourish, a digital suicide prevention intervention for cyberbullied youth, within schools. Specifically, the study aims to: 1. Examine if Flourish is effective and can be feasibly delivered within schools among middle and high school students who are experiencing cyberbullying and suicide risk factors. Feasibility will be evidenced by recruitment and retention rates to the study (\> or = 80%) and use of Flourish at least weekly among 80% of youth. Effectiveness will be evidenced by students reporting improvements in psychological distress and suicidal thoughts over the 3-month follow-up period. 2. Understand barriers or facilitators to Flourish's adoption within schools. We will conduct exit interviews and brief surveys with school personnel to inform optimal strategies for implementing Flourish within schools
Description
Assessment Visits: As part of this study, adolescents will participate in four assessment visits at baseline and 2, 4, and 12 weeks following onboarding to the study intervention with the 2-week visit being a brief survey and the other visits involving questionnaires and clinical interviews. Assessments cover a range of topics including mood, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and social media use and experience. Study Intervention: Flourish Flourish is a text messaging and web-based intervention that will aim to improve adolescents' capacity to cope following cyberbullying and reduce…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 11–21 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * 11-21 years old * English-speaking * have access to a cell phone or tablet that can send/receive SMS text messages * identified as a student who could benefit from the program by a school staff member - OR - screened eligible based on experiencing cyberbullying and suicide risk factors in the past 3 months * past 3-month history of cyberbullying assessed by the cybervictimization subscale of the Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying Victimization Scale and/or presence of online discrimination as measured by a modified measure from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Deve…
Interventions
- DeviceFlourish
Flourish is a text messaging and web-based program that aims to improve coping following cyberbullying and reduce suicide risk among youth.
Locations (2)
- Bay Village School DistrictBay Village, Ohio
- University of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania