Table 2.
Study outcomes and measurement approaches.
| Outcomes and tool name and/or description | Mode of measurement | App | Study | ||||
| General internet use | |||||||
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Question, questionnaire, survey, or interview | Self-reported and unvalidated | iBobbly, uSafeHS, and YTH StreetConnect | [62,70, 74] | |||
| App engagement (downloads, frequency of use, features used, etc) | |||||||
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Mobile device download data | Objectively measured | iBobbly | [74] | |||
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Administrative dashboard analytics | Objectively measured | usSafeHS | [70] | |||
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Question, questionnaire, survey, or interview | Self-reported and unvalidated | Circle of 6 | [63] | |||
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Question, questionnaire, survey, or interview | Self-reported and unvalidated | uSafeUS | [93] | |||
| Users’ experience (perception, feasibility, acceptability, or subjective value) | |||||||
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Question, questionnaire, survey, or interview | Self-reported and unvalidated | BlueIce, Circle of 6, +FORT, Liad@s, iBobbly, myPlan, uSafeHS, uSafeUS, and YTH StreetConnect | [54,57, 59-63, 65,66, 70,74, 79,93] | |||
| Effectiveness | |||||||
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Decisional conflict: Decisional Conflict Scale (modified) | Self-reported and validated | myPlan | [59] | |||
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Safety behaviors: question, questionnaire, survey, or interview (number of safety behaviors tried on app) | Self-reported and validated | myPlan | [59] | |||
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Bystander behavior: Banyard’s Bystander Scale | Self-reported and validated | Circle of 6 | [63] | |||
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Intention to help: 10-item modified Intention to Help Scale | Self-reported and validated | Circle of 6 | [63] | |||
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Sexism (hostile sexism and benevolent sexism): Ambivalent Sexism Inventory-Adolescents | Self-reported and validated | Liad@s | [57,64] | |||
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Ambivalence toward men: Ambivalence toward Men Inventory | Self-reported and validated | Liad@s | [57] | |||
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Distortions about romantic love: Myths, Fallacies, and Erroneous Beliefs about the Ideal of Romantic Love Scale | Self-reported and validated | Liad@s | [57] | |||
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Sexual victimization: 11 item-Revised Sexual Experience Survey | Self-reported and validated | Circle of 6 | [63] | |||
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Intimate partner violence: Composite Abuse Scale | Self-reported and validated | myPlan | [59] | |||
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Intimate partner violence: traumatic brain injury (questions or questionnaire) | Self-reported and unvalidated | Liad@s | [57] | |||
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Intimate partner violence: digital abuse (questions or questionnaire) | Self-reported and unvalidated | myPlan | [59] | |||
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Intimate partner violence: reproductive coercion (questions or questionnaire) | Self-reported and unvalidated | myPlan | [59] | |||
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Substance use: frequency of alcohol use | Self-reported and unvalidated | Circle of 6 and myPlan | [59,63] | |||
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Substance use: frequency of getting drunk | Self-reported and unvalidated | myPlan | [59] | |||
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Substance use: frequency of binge drinking | Self-reported and unvalidated | myPlan | [59] | |||
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Substance use: any marijuana use | Self-reported and unvalidated | myPlan | [59] | |||
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Substance use: any drug use other than marijuana | Self-reported and unvalidated | myPlan | [59] | |||
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Substance use: feeling of intoxication | Self-reported and unvalidated | Circle of 6 | [63] | |||
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Self-harm: clinical data | Objectively measured | BlueIce | [63] | |||
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Self-harm: question, questionnaire, survey, and interview | Self-reported and unvalidated | BlueIce | [63] | |||
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Bullying victimization: Multidimensional Peer-Victimization Scale | Self-reported and validated | +FORT | [60] | |||
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Depression: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Revised | Self-reported and validated | myPlan | [59] | |||
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Depression: Mood and Feelings Questionnaire | Self-reported and validated | BlueIce | [54,55] | |||
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Depression: Patient Health Questionnaire 9 | Self-reported and validated | iBobbly | [74,76] | |||
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Anxiety: Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Score | Self-reported and validated | BlueIce | [54,55] | |||
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Psychological distress: Kessler Psychological Distress Scale | Self-reported and validated | iBobbly | [74,76] | |||
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Impulsivity: Barratt Impulsivity Scale | Self-reported and validated | iBobbly | [76] | |||
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Behavior: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire | Self-reported and validated | BlueIce | [54,55] | |||
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Suicide risk: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale | Self-reported and validated | myPlan | [59] | |||
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Suicidal ideation: Depressive Symptom Inventory–Suicidality Subscale | Self-reported and validated | iBobbly | [74,76] | |||