Ramos Lili M C, Delgadillo Joseline, Vélez Sarah, Dauria Emily, Salas Jamie, Tolou-Shams Marina
Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
JMIR Form Res. 2021 Sep 10;5(9):e25405. doi: 10.2196/25405.
Adolescents with juvenile legal system contact face numerous barriers to participation in behavioral health intervention research, including housing disruption, legal privacy concerns, and systems mistrust. Technology, such as social media, may be a novel and developmentally appropriate adolescent research study engagement and retention tool.
We examined data on social media information collected for study retention purposes from adolescents participating in a substance use intervention trial.
Data were collected as part of a randomized controlled trial determining efficacy of a group-based substance use intervention for girls and young women (12-24 years) with substance use histories referred from legal and school systems in the United States. Baseline demographic and social media information was analyzed from the subset of 114 adolescent girls (mean age 15.7 years; range 13-18 years), of whom 31.6% (36/114) were legally involved, 87.7% (100/114) belonged to minoritized racial/ethnic groups, and 32.5% (37/114) received public assistance.
Most girls (74/114, 64.9%) provided at least one social media account (Instagram, 95% [70/74]; Facebook, 27% [20/74]; and Twitter, 11% [8/74]) during study enrollment. Legally involved girls were significantly less likely to provide social media information than school-referred girls (44% [16/36] versus 74% [58/78]; χ [N=114]=9.68, P=.002).
Obtaining social media information for study retention purposes from adolescent girls with lifetime substance use appears possible; however, particular subgroups (ie, legally involved girls) may be less likely to provide accounts. Factors shaping legally involved girls' willingness to provide social media information, including mistrust and privacy concerns, and the impact of researcher's access to social media information on study retention are critical directions for future research.
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02293057; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02293057.
与青少年司法系统有接触的青少年在参与行为健康干预研究时面临诸多障碍，包括住房变动、法律隐私问题以及对系统的不信任。社交媒体等技术可能是一种新颖且适合青少年发展阶段的研究参与和留存工具。
我们研究了从参与物质使用干预试验的青少年那里收集的用于研究留存目的的社交媒体信息数据。
数据收集是一项随机对照试验的一部分，该试验旨在确定一种针对有物质使用史的女孩和年轻女性（12 - 24岁）的基于小组的物质使用干预措施的效果，这些女孩和年轻女性是从美国法律和学校系统转介而来的。对114名青少年女孩（平均年龄15.7岁；年龄范围13 - 18岁）的子集进行了基线人口统计学和社交媒体信息分析，其中31.6%（36/114）有法律相关情况，87.7%（100/114）属于少数族裔/种族群体，32.5%（37/114）接受公共援助。
大多数女孩（74/114，64.9%）在研究入组期间提供了至少一个社交媒体账号（照片墙，95%[70/74]；脸书，27%[20/74]；推特，11%[8/74]）。有法律相关情况的女孩提供社交媒体信息的可能性明显低于学校转介的女孩（44%[16/36]对74%[58/78]；χ[样本量 = 114]=9.68，P = 0.002）。
从有终生物质使用史的青少年女孩那里获取用于研究留存目的的社交媒体信息似乎是可行的；然而，特定亚组（即有法律相关情况的女孩）提供账号的可能性可能较小。影响有法律相关情况的女孩提供社交媒体信息意愿的因素，包括不信任和隐私担忧，以及研究人员获取社交媒体信息对研究留存的影响，是未来研究的关键方向。
美国国立医学图书馆临床试验注册中心NCT02293057；https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02293057 。
