Cumulative Stress and Mental Health in Young Adults

Stress, Psychological Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact of Cumulative Stress on Mental Health in Young Adults

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05930652
• Other study ID #: 221.0042.26_2023
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 12, 2023
• Est. completion date: June 15, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: June 2023
• Source: Jagiellonian University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the needs of young adults - "policrisis generation", exposed to cumulative stress during 2020-2023, in terms of quality of mental health, the psychosocial resources, protective factors for cumulative stress effect, and the standards for effective prevention. The main questions to be answered are:

• How does cumulative stress affect young adults?

• Is there a specific cumulative stress syndrome that can be described?

• What are the risk and the protective factors for cumulative stress?

• How does the "policrisis generation" deal with the cumulative stress they have been exposed to? Participants will complete psychological questionnaires

Description:

Background: Epidemiological data are not sufficient to determine the mental health outcomes of exposure to cumulative stress of 2020-2023. Holistic knowledge of risk and protective factors, pathways leading to symptoms (not yet observed), and stress management strategies for the generation living under cumulative stress conditions (pandemic, war, refugee migration, economic crisis) is needed.

Participants: 400 young adults, recruited among university students.

Research methodology: Analysis of data collected by screening questionnaires, psychological scales, and questionnaires, related to mental health conditions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 400
• Est. completion date: June 15, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: June 15, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 19 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 19 and 25 years

• Standard educational opportunities

• Attending the university course cycle

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age below 19

• Intellectual disability

• Inability to self-complete the research questionnaires

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cumulative Trauma
• Mental Health Issue
• Mental Stress
• Psychological Well-Being
• Stress, Psychological
• Stress-related Problem

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Psychological tests and psychosocial questionnaires
Assessment of psychological functioning (including well-being, mental health conditions, coping skills), and socio-demographics, academic performance, home, relationships, general health, habits, and attitudes.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Poland	Behaviour in Crisis Lab, Impact of cumulative stress on the mental health of young people project, Jagiellonian University in Krakow	Krakow

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bernadetta Izydorczyk	Jagiellonian University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Poland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	General Well-being	Global Flourishing Study Questionnaire Development Report (GFS). The GFS includes 12 questions that gauge respondents' level of "flourishing" across six domains: (1) happiness and life satisfaction, (2) mental and physical health, (3) meaning and purpose, (4) character and virtue, (5) close social relationships and (6) financial and material stability.	April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023
Primary	Personality Traits	Personality Inventory for ICD-11 (PiCD). The four-factor structure of the Polish version of PiCD consists of three unipolar factors as Negative Affectivity, Detachment, and Dissociality factors, and one bipolar Anankastia vs. Disinhibition factor.	April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023
Primary	Emotion Regulation	The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). It comprises the following dimensions: (1) lack of acceptance of emotional responses, (2) difficulties in realizing goal-directed behaviors, (3) difficulties in controlling impulses, (4) lack of emotional awareness, (5) limited access to emotion regulation strategies, (6) lack of emotional clarity	April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023
Primary	Meaning in Life	Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ). A 10-item questionnaire designed to measure two dimensions of meaning in life: (1) Presence of Meaning (how much respondents feel their lives have meaning), and (2) Search for Meaning (how much respondents strive to find meaning and understanding in their lives).	April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023
Secondary	Authors survey	Survey of socio-demographic data (gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, family, relationships, socio-economic status, place of residence, educational level, habits, attitudes, others)	April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023