Cindy M Schaeffer, Linda A Dimeff, Kelly Koerner, Julie Chung, Angela Kelley-Brimer, Nadia Kako, Maria Ilac, Elena Tuerk, David Carroll, Blair Beadnell
OBJECTIVE: This study evaluates iKinnect, a linked caregiver-teen mobile app system designed to address serious adolescent conduct problems through a focus on key targets of evidence-based treatments for juvenile offending, such as parent expectation setting, monitoring, consistency, and positive reinforcement. Additional gamification and autonomy-supporting features are designed to maximize youth engagement. Digital therapeutics such as mobile apps have great potential to expand access to effective interventions, particularly for youth who engage in serious conduct problems and substance abuse, since most never receive an evidence-based treatment and few apps exist for these concerns...
May 31, 2022: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology