Debnam Katrina J, Kumodzi Trina
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Jul;36(13-14):6821-6837. doi: 10.1177/0886260518821455. Epub 2019 Jan 2.
Although research and intervention efforts in the United States have aimed to reduce teen dating violence (TDV), 10-year prevalence estimates suggest that TDV persists. Safety planning is an advocated intervention to reduce intimate partner abuse; yet, safety planning services for adolescents have not been systematically developed or tested. Personalized safety planning interventions that reflect teens' immediate risk, priorities, and resources may be a key prevention and empowerment tool. Thus, the current study examined adolescent perceptions of an existing safety planning app, myPlan. A small convenience sample of adolescents participated in focus groups. Focus groups investigated the feasibility of an app for TDV intervention and elicited feedback on how apps can better assist adolescents experiencing dating violence. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify themes and patterns in the data. The following themes emerged: (a) careful and thoughtful inclusion of diverse adolescents, (b) capturing unique safety dilemmas encountered by adolescents, (c) clarifying the signs of an unhealthy and abusive relationship, and (d) resources for immediate help. Adolescents were thoughtful in their consideration of the myPlan app and articulated specific ways in which future applications could be more responsive to their lived experiences and challenges. Mobile app or electronic interventions that are developed with an eye toward empowering adolescents to understand how abusive behaviors may manifest in their relationships, weigh the risk and benefits of intervening, and are informed about local resources available to them for help may be most successful in reducing TDV.
尽管美国的研究和干预措施旨在减少青少年约会暴力（TDV），但10年患病率估计表明TDV仍然存在。安全规划是一种被提倡的减少亲密伴侣虐待的干预措施；然而，针对青少年的安全规划服务尚未得到系统开发或测试。反映青少年即时风险、优先事项和资源的个性化安全规划干预措施可能是一种关键的预防和赋权工具。因此，本研究调查了青少年对现有安全规划应用程序myPlan的看法。一小部分便利样本的青少年参加了焦点小组。焦点小组调查了一款用于TDV干预的应用程序的可行性，并就应用程序如何更好地帮助遭受约会暴力的青少年征求了反馈意见。定性内容分析用于识别数据中的主题和模式。出现了以下主题：（a）谨慎且周到地纳入不同的青少年；（b）捕捉青少年遇到的独特安全困境；（c）明确不健康和虐待关系的迹象；（d）提供即时帮助的资源。青少年在考虑myPlan应用程序时深思熟虑，并阐明了未来应用程序可以更能回应他们的生活经历和挑战的具体方式。以赋予青少年权力为目标开发的移动应用程序或电子干预措施，使他们了解虐待行为在其关系中可能如何表现、权衡干预的风险和益处，并了解当地可获得的帮助资源，可能在减少TDV方面最为成功。
