Children's Socio-emotional Skills and Psychiatric Symptoms Clinical Trial
Official title:
Yhteispeli: Intervention Effectiveness on Elementary School Childrens' Socio-emotional Skills and Psychiatric Symptoms
| Verified date | November 2021 |
| Source | Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare |
| Contact | n/a |
| Is FDA regulated | No |
| Health authority | |
| Study type | Interventional |
The purpose of this cluster randomised trial is to investigate whether the Yhteispeli whole school programme is effective in improving children's socio-emotional skills and mental health and socio-emotional skills. All Finnish elementary schools and their classes in 1-3 grades were invited to participate in the study. The schools were randomly allocated to receive either Yhteispeli programme or two lectures
| Status | Completed |
| Enrollment | 4400 |
| Est. completion date | September 30, 2015 |
| Est. primary completion date | September 30, 2015 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
| Gender | All |
| Age group | 7 Years to 10 Years |
| Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - All children from volunteering elementary schools and classes (grades 1 to 3) whose parents gave consent to participate Exclusion Criteria: - None |
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | Olli Kiviruusu | Helsinki |
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare | Tampere University |
Finland,
Björklund K, Liski A, Samposalo H, Lindblom J, Hella J, Huhtinen H, Ojala T, Alasuvanto P, Koskinen HL, Kiviruusu O, Hemminki E, Punamäki RL, Sund R, Solantaus T, Santalahti P. "Together at school"--a school-based intervention program to promote socio-emotional skills and mental health in children: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2014 Oct 7;14:1042. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1042. — View Citation
Kiviruusu O, Björklund K, Koskinen HL, Liski A, Lindblom J, Kuoppamäki H, Alasuvanto P, Ojala T, Samposalo H, Harmes N, Hemminki E, Punamäki RL, Sund R, Santalahti P. Short-term effects of the "Together at School" intervention program on children's socio- — View Citation
| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Change in teacher and parent interaction | A set of teacher-parent interaction tests | 6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline | |
| Other | Change in children's and teachers' perceptions of class environment | A set of class environment questions rated by the teacher and children | 6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline | |
| Other | Change in teaching and parenting styles | A set of questions regarding child rearing | 6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline | |
| Other | Change in teachers' and parents' socio-emotional skills | A set of questions regarding adult socio-emotional skills | 6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline | |
| Primary | Change in children's psychiatric symptoms | SDQ - The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires | 6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline | |
| Primary | Change in children's socio-emotional skills | A set of socio-emotional skills tests A set of questions regarding bullying | 6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline | |
| Secondary | Change in children's emotion recognition (and processing) | A set of emotion recognition (and processing) tests | 6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline | |
| Secondary | Change in children's executive functions | A set of cognitive functions tests | 6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline | |
| Secondary | Change in teacher and work community (occupational) wellbeing | A set of teacher's occupational and work community wellbeing tests | 6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline |