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iKinnect2.0 for Juvenile Justice Involved Youth at Risk for Suicide

Study Overview

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Description

This study is a 16-week intent-to-treat randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 120 suicidal juvenile justice (JJ)-involved transition-age (TA) youth (age 15-21 years) and a primary caregiver (dyads). Dyads will be randomly assigned to iKinnect2.0 (n=60 dyads) or Life360 (control app) plus an electronic suicide resources brochure (n=60 dyads). This design will test iKinnect2.0's new features for suicide prevention against TA youth awareness of and access to high-quality suicide prevention resources, while simultaneously testing features relating to conduct problems and parent management against parents knowing the TA youth's whereabouts in real-time and controlling for dyad member engagement in technology (Life360). Participants will be assessed at baseline, 4, 8 and 16 weeks. Primary youth-reported outcomes relating to suicide risk include: Suicidal behaviors (ideation, planning, attempts), non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors, self-efficacy in coping with distress, and use of imminent distress coping strategies (behavioral skills, use of crisis stabilization plan). Youth will also report on their criminal behavior. Primary caregiver-reported outcome variables relating to youth suicide include: Self-efficacy in applying family-based suicide-prevention strategies and reported use of those strategies; caregivers will also report on their own functioning (efficacy/confidence in parenting skills, life stress), TA youth functioning (internalizing and externalizing symptoms), parental management behaviors (expectation clarity, parental monitoring, discipline effectiveness/consistency, use of rewards), and parent-youth relationship quality (communication, conflict, support). App satisfaction and use of technology outcomes (i.e., degree of app usage, features used) will be examined and reported descriptively.

Official Title

iKinnect2.0 for Juvenile Justice Involved Youth at Risk for Suicide

Quick Facts

Study Start:2023-06-01
Study Completion:2025-10-21
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:COMPLETED

Study ID

NCT04909203

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:15 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * 18 years or older
  2. * Fluent in English
  3. * Owns an Android or iPhone-based smartphone with a data plan and is the primary user of the phone
  4. * Primary caregiver and supervisor of a youth aged 15-21 on probation or receiving post-incarceration reentry services at time of screening
  1. Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  2. Severe psychiatric disorders
  3. Active substance abuse
  4. Unstable medical conditions
  5. Inability to comply with study requirements

Contacts and Locations

Principal Investigator

Linda Dimeff, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Evidence-Based Practice Institute
Cindy Schaeffer, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Maryland

Study Locations (Sites)

University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland, 21201
United States
Evidence-Based Practice Institute
Seattle, Washington, 98126
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Evidence-Based Practice Institute, Seattle, WA

  • Linda Dimeff, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Evidence-Based Practice Institute
  • Cindy Schaeffer, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Maryland

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2023-06-01
Study Completion Date2025-10-21

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2023-06-01
Study Completion Date2025-10-21

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Criminal Justice
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Adolescent Suicidality
  • Self-Help Device
  • Assistive Technology

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Child Behavior Disorders
  • Suicide and Self-harm