DepressionNCT02860832
The Relationships of Cyber-bullying and Bullying With Mental Health Among Taiwanese Adolescents
An observational study of Depression, run by National Taiwan University Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.
Trial summary
Background and significance: Though the problem of bullying among adolescents is evidently increasing and of a serious social concern, it is often undetected until serious outcomes have surfaced. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 16 to 18 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Depression
- How many people
- 50 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTaiwan
- Study dates
- Jun 2016to Jun 2017
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 16 to 18 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult
Study population: Senior high school students will be recruited from Taipei city, Taiwan.
Who may be able to join
- The 16-18 aged high school students now studying in Taipei will be recruited in this study.
Who cannot join
- Students who are attending schools at night, since it's difficult to require them to participate in our research.
- Students who are studying in special educational schools for mentally handicapped because they will be unable to be interviewed and complete questionnaires. Also those who failed to obtain parental consents and individual consents will be excluded from the study.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Taiwan1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei
Chang-Chuan Chan, 886-2-3366-8082, ccchan@ntu.edu.tw
About this study
Official title: The Relationships of Cyber-bullying and Bullying With Self-esteem, Depression and Suicidal Ideation Among Taiwanese Adolescents: Mixed Method Study
Background and significance: Though the problem of bullying among adolescents is evidently increasing and of a serious social concern, it is often undetected until serious outcomes have surfaced. In recent years, along with the rapid expansion of the Internet, social network services (SNS) and smart phones, "cyber-bullying" has been growing. Compared to the traditional bullying, cyberbullying is unique in nature and potentially more hazardous in terms of invisibility, lack of control, where it enables communication with a broad range of people at any time and place.
To explore deeper understanding of the magnitude and the impact of the bullying among adolescents in Taiwan to inform public policy and future health intervention programs may be beneficial not only to Taiwan but also to Asia as a whole. Many Asian countries now suffer the similar problems of bullying among adolescents, since these countries share similar characteristics of development (spread of internet, SNSs and smart phones).
Read more
Goal and objectives: This study aims to explore Taiwanese adolescents' experiences, perceptions, opinions and mental health regarding cyberbullying and traditional bullying to inform the development of questionnaire in the quantitative phase of mixed methods study.
Study design: A qualitative study design with in depth interviews will be adopted.
Target population and study setting: Senior high school students will be recruited from Taipei city, Taiwan.
Sample size and sampling method: Participants will be sampled by convenience sampling until thematic saturation is attained, probably around 50 students.
Data collection: Face-to-face in-depth interview with semi-structured questionnaire will be used.
Data analysis: All interviews will be voice-recorded, transcribed, analyzed by thematic analysis procedure. Analysis process will include familiarization, coding, searching for themes, reviewing the themes, defining, naming themes and writing up or weaving the analytic narrative. Triangulation and supervision will also ensure credibility and balance in the process.
Read the detailed description
Background and significance: Though the problem of bullying among adolescents is evidently increasing and of a serious social concern, it is often undetected, overlooked and noticeable only after serious outcomes have surfaced. In the recent years, along with the rapid expansion of internet, social network services (SNS) and smart phones, bullying through such electronic means, "cyber-bullying", has been growing. Compared to the traditional bullying cyberbullying is unique in nature and potentially more hazardous in terms of invisibility, lack of control, where it enables communication with a broad range of people at any time and at any place. This study is based on mixed methods study. The investigators hope that the investigators study could contribute to the deeper understanding of the magnitude and impact of the bullying among adolescents in Taiwan and to inform public policy and future health intervention programs which may be beneficial not only to the Taiwan but to Asia, as a whole, as many Asian countries now suffer the similar problems of bullying among adolescents as the countries share similar characteristics of development (spread of internet, SNSs and smart phones) having resembling lifestyle and values.
Study purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of traditional bullying and cyberbullying and the association between cyber-bullying and traditional bullying with mental health among Taiwanese adolescents.
Study design: A mixed methods research design with qualitative study followed by quantitative study will be used in this research. Senior high school students will be included in Taiwan. For qualitative phase of this study, purposive sampling will be used to recruit students. For the quantitative phase of the study, sampling will be conducted by probability proportionate to size sampling procedure. For the qualitative phase of this study, in depth interview will be used to develop the quantitative questionnaire. An anonymous questionnaire developed from qualitative will be used to measure the variable of self-esteem, depression, suicidal ideation, traditional bullying and cyberbullying.
Data analysis: For qualitative study, all interviews will be voice-recorded, transcribed, analyzed by thematic analysis procedure. Quantitative data will be statistically analyzed by using SAS software. Descriptive data will be calculated for all variables. Multiple regressions will be performed to understand the relationship between socio-demographic variables, cyberbullying, traditional bullying, self-esteem, depression and suicidal ideation which separated by gender.
- Conditions
- Depression
- Keywords
- Cyberbullying, Traditional bullying, Depression
- Medical subject headings
- Depression, Cyberbullying
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
The students of depression will be measured by questionnaire.
Measured: one year
The students of suicidal ideation will be measured by questionnaire.
Measured: one year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted9 Aug 2016 (estimated)
- Study startJun 2016
- Primary completionJun 2017 (estimated)
- Study completionJun 2017 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for DepressionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by National Taiwan University HospitalThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Chang-Chuan Chan, Principal investigator, Department of public health, college of public health, National Taiwan University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02860832
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 201601074RIND
- Status last verified
- Aug 2016
- First submitted
- 23 Jun 2016
- Last updated
- 9 Aug 2016
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Aug 2016. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Relationships of Cyber-bullying and Bullying With Self-esteem, Depression and Suicidal Ideation Among Taiwanese Adolescents: Mixed Method Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02860832
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 201601074RIND
- Conditions
- Depression
- Keywords
- Cyberbullying, Traditional bullying, Depression
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- National Taiwan University HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Jun 2016
- Primary completion
- Jun 2017 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Jun 2017 (estimated)
- First posted
- 9 Aug 2016 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Background and significance: Though the problem of bullying among adolescents is evidently increasing and of a serious social concern, it is often undetected until serious outcomes have surfaced. In recent years, along with the rapid expansion of the Internet, social network services (SNS) and smart phones, "cyber-bullying" has been growing. Compared to the traditional bullying, cyberbullying is unique in nature and potentially more hazardous in terms of invisibility, lack of control, where it enables communication with a broad range of people at any time and place.
To explore deeper understanding of the magnitude and the impact of the bullying among adolescents in Taiwan to inform public policy and future health intervention programs may be beneficial not only to Taiwan but also to Asia as a whole. Many Asian countries now suffer the similar problems of bullying among adolescents, since these countries share similar characteristics of development (spread of internet, SNSs and smart phones).
Goal and objectives: This study aims to explore Taiwanese adolescents' experiences, perceptions, opinions and mental health regarding cyberbullying and traditional bullying to inform the development of questionnaire in the quantitative phase of mixed methods study.
Study design: A qualitative study design with in depth interviews will be adopted.
Target population and study setting: Senior high school students will be recruited from Taipei city, Taiwan.
Sample size and sampling method: Participants will be sampled by convenience sampling until thematic saturation is attained, probably around 50 students.
Data collection: Face-to-face in-depth interview with semi-structured questionnaire will be used.
Data analysis: All interviews will be voice-recorded, transcribed, analyzed by thematic analysis procedure. Analysis process will include familiarization, coding, searching for themes, reviewing the themes, defining, naming themes and writing up or weaving the analytic narrative. Triangulation and supervision will also ensure credibility and balance in the process.
Detailed description
Background and significance: Though the problem of bullying among adolescents is evidently increasing and of a serious social concern, it is often undetected, overlooked and noticeable only after serious outcomes have surfaced. In the recent years, along with the rapid expansion of internet, social network services (SNS) and smart phones, bullying through such electronic means, "cyber-bullying", has been growing. Compared to the traditional bullying cyberbullying is unique in nature and potentially more hazardous in terms of invisibility, lack of control, where it enables communication with a broad range of people at any time and at any place. This study is based on mixed methods study. The investigators hope that the investigators study could contribute to the deeper understanding of the magnitude and impact of the bullying among adolescents in Taiwan and to inform public policy and future health intervention programs which may be beneficial not only to the Taiwan but to Asia, as a whole, as many Asian countries now suffer the similar problems of bullying among adolescents as the countries share similar characteristics of development (spread of internet, SNSs and smart phones) having resembling lifestyle and values.
Study purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of traditional bullying and cyberbullying and the association between cyber-bullying and traditional bullying with mental health among Taiwanese adolescents.
Study design: A mixed methods research design with qualitative study followed by quantitative study will be used in this research. Senior high school students will be included in Taiwan. For qualitative phase of this study, purposive sampling will be used to recruit students. For the quantitative phase of the study, sampling will be conducted by probability proportionate to size sampling procedure. For the qualitative phase of this study, in depth interview will be used to develop the quantitative questionnaire. An anonymous questionnaire developed from qualitative will be used to measure the variable of self-esteem, depression, suicidal ideation, traditional bullying and cyberbullying.
Data analysis: For qualitative study, all interviews will be voice-recorded, transcribed, analyzed by thematic analysis procedure. Quantitative data will be statistically analyzed by using SAS software. Descriptive data will be calculated for all variables. Multiple regressions will be performed to understand the relationship between socio-demographic variables, cyberbullying, traditional bullying, self-esteem, depression and suicidal ideation which separated by gender.
Study design
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 16 to 18 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
- Study population
- Senior high school students will be recruited from Taipei city, Taiwan.
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- The 16-18 aged high school students now studying in Taipei will be recruited in this study.
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Students who are attending schools at night, since it's difficult to require them to participate in our research.
- Students who are studying in special educational schools for mentally handicapped because they will be unable to be interviewed and complete questionnaires. Also those who failed to obtain parental consents and individual consents will be excluded from the study.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
The students of depression will be measured by questionnaire.
Time frame: one year
The students of suicidal ideation will be measured by questionnaire.
Time frame: one year
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Aug 2016.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Chang-Chuan Chan principal investigator
Department of public health, college of public health, National Taiwan University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Depression, run by National Taiwan University Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Aug 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Chang-Chuan Chan (886-2-3366-8082, ccchan@ntu.edu.tw), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
The students of depression will be measured by questionnaire. (time frame: one year). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Aug 2016.