SOVA: Acceptability and Usability of a Social Media Website for Adolescents With Depression or Anxiety

An abstract of a study by Radovic et al evaluating the technological feasibility and acceptability of the SOVA site determined by the System Usability Scale is presented. SOVA (Supporting Our Valued Adolescents) is a social media Web site designed to increase mental health literacy of adolescents and address negative health beliefs toward depression and anxiety diagnosis and treatment. Adolescents and young adults (14-26) with a self-reported history of depressive and/or anxiety symptoms were recruited to access the research Web site. Results show that the SOVA site met feasibility goals of recruiting almost 100 users and establishing acceptable usability.