Evaluation of a School-based Programme Aimed at Promoting Well-being in Adolescents

Resilience, Psychological Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of a School-based Programme Aimed at Promoting Well-being in Adolescents

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04231604
• Other study ID #: moconnor1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 17, 2020
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: University College Dublin
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this pilot study is to evaluate a universal school-based multi-component intervention whose target is to build well-being and emotional resilience in adolescents.

Description:

Adolescence is an important developmental phase for prevention and intervention initiatives for well-being and mental health. Accordingly, school has been recommended as an optimal location for such initiatives. Universal programmes - programmes that are designated for all individuals in a population - have a number of advantages, including reducing the risk of stigma and yielding high recruitment rates.

A Lust for Life is a universal school-based multi-component intervention whose target is to build well-being and emotional resilience in adolescents. The programme was informed by evidence-based psychological approaches including cognitive behaviour therapy, positive psychology and mindfulness and consists of six lessons, each delivered by the adolescents' school teacher on a weekly basis. The lessons involve classroom discussions, videos, classroom activities and homework assignments.

Study participants will complete the Adolescent Mental Health Continuum-Short Form, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10, Emotional Literacy and Intervention Inventory-Pupil Checklist, and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Children at pre-intervention. Following this, schools randomly assigned to the experimental group will receive A Lust for Life, while those randomly assigned to the control group will be placed on a twelve-week waiting list. The questionnaire measures and a Brief Satisfaction Scale will be completed by participants at post-intervention. In addition, a six-week follow-up assessment will determine whether the effects of the programme are sustained over a period of time. The programme will be delivered in the waiting list control group schools after the six-week follow-up assessment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 604
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: May 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 10 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adolescent

• Enrolled in primary school in Ireland

• Obtain written informed consent from parents/guardians

• Provide written assent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Failure to the meet inclusion criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adolescent Well-Being
• Resilience, Psychological

Intervention

Behavioral:
• A Lust for Life
A Lust for Life is a universal school-based multi-component programme whose target is to build well-being and emotional resilience in adolescents. The programme was informed by evidence-based psychological approaches including mindfulness, cognitive behaviour therapy and positive psychology. It is delivered in six weekly lessons by the adolescents' school teacher and involves classroom discussions, videos, classroom activities and homework assignments.
• Waiting list control
Control group placed on a twelve-week waiting list.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Ireland	University College Dublin	Dublin	Leinster

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University College Dublin

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Ireland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Emotional literacy measured by the Emotional Literacy and Intervention Inventory-Pupil Checklist	Scores on the Emotional Literacy and Intervention Inventory-Pupil Checklist are rated on a four-point scale ranging from 'very like me' to 'not like me at all.' Higher scores indicate higher levels of emotional literacy.	6 weeks after beginning intervention: 19/10/2020
Other	Emotional literacy measured by the Emotional Literacy and Intervention Inventory-Pupil Checklist	Scores on the Emotional Literacy and Intervention Inventory-Pupil Checklist are rated on a four-point scale ranging from 'very like me' to 'not like me at all.' Higher scores indicate higher levels of emotional literacy.	12 weeks after beginning intervention: 01/12/2020
Other	Mindfulness measured by the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Children	Scores on the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Children range from 15 to 90. Items are reverse scored so that higher scores indicate higher levels of mindfulness.	6 weeks after beginning intervention: 19/10/2020
Other	Mindfulness measured by the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Children	Scores on the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Children range from 15 to 90. Items are reverse scored so that higher scores indicate higher levels of mindfulness.	12 weeks after beginning intervention: 01/12/2020
Other	Satisfaction with the programme measured by the Brief Satisfaction Scale	Scores on each item of the Brief Satisfaction Scale range from 1 to 7. Higher scores indicate greater satisfaction with the programme.	6 weeks after beginning intervention: 19/10/2020
Primary	Well-being measured by the Adolescent Mental Health Continuum-Short Form	Scores on the Adolescent Mental Health Continuum-Short Form range from 14 to 84. Higher scores indicate lower well-being.	6 weeks after beginning intervention: 19/10/2020
Primary	Well-being measured by the Adolescent Mental Health Continuum-Short Form	Scores on the Adolescent Mental Health Continuum-Short Form range from 14 to 84. Higher scores indicate lower well-being.	12 weeks after beginning intervention: 01/12/2020
Secondary	Resilience measured by the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10	Scores on the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 range from 0 to 40. Higher scores indicate greater resilience.	6 weeks after beginning intervention: 19/10/2020
Secondary	Resilience measured by the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10	Scores on the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 range from 0 to 40. Higher scores indicate greater resilience.	12 weeks after beginning intervention: 01/12/2020