Social Competence Training for Adolescents With Borderline Intellectual Functioning

Mental Disorders Clinical Trial

— SCT-ABI  

Official title:

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Social Competence Group Training for Adolescents With Borderline Intellectual Functioning

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00692081
• Other study ID #: UNIVULM
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• First received: June 4, 2008
• Last updated: June 5, 2008

Study information

• Verified date: June 2008
• Source: University of Ulm
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Germany: Ethics Commission
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Emotional and behavioural problems as well as a lack of social competence are supposed to be common phenomena in adolescents with borderline intellectual functioning, consequently impairing their social and vocational integration. Considering the lack of evaluated group interventions for this population, a cognitive-behavioural training is developed and its effectiveness is examined in a population of students attending special vocational schools.

77 adolescents with borderline intelligence are enrolled participated in the study. They are randomized either to the intervention group, who received 9 group sessions over a period of 3 months additionally to the standard vocational training (Social Competence Training for Adolescents with Borderline Intelligence, SCT-ABI) or to the control group who received only the standard vocational training. Outcome measures at the end of the intervention and at a 6-months follow-up assessment comprise self-reports, caregiver-reports, and behavioural observations of cognitive, emotional, and behavioural factors of social competence.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 77
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 16 Years to 23 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 16 - 23 years

• participating in special vocational training program

• elevated scores in a screening measure of behavioral/emotional disorders (CBCL or YSR T>59)

Exclusion Criteria:

• major psychiatric disorder (psychosis, major depression, substance abuse)

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Disorders
• Psychotic Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Social competence training
8 group sessions multi-modal social competence training, 2-4 hours each, 2 trainers, 6-10 participants
• Special vocational training
as provided in German special centres for vocational training

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Ulm