#KindGirlsInACTion: A Programme for the Promotion of Mental Health of Female Adolescents

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The #KindGirlsInACTion project started in 2017 and developed and implemented a psychotherapeutic intervention program in Portuguese female adolescents. This program aimed to improve the overall quality of life and well-being of the participants, and specifically to promote a qualitative improvement in body image and interpersonal relationships, through the promotion of self-compassion, compassion and psychological flexibility. #KindGirlsInACTion is a school-based program, with 9 sessions over 9 weeks. It is essentially practical and interactive, with exercises created specifically for the program, as well as the regular practice of mindfulness.

Official Title
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#KindGirlsInACTion: A School-based Intervention to Promote Compassive Competences and Psychological Flexibility in Female Adolescents

Conditions
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Quality of Life, Eating Disorders, Eating Behavior, Psychological, Emotion Regulation, Body Image, Relations, Interpersonal

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: #KindGirlsInACTion


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: being a female adolescent; being aged between 12 and 18; being a part of a classroome with immediate availability to attend the sessions. Exclusion Criteria: Having a clinical condition that could compromise the completion of self-report questionnaires; Having a significant score on screening measures administered pre-intervention.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 12 Years
Maximum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Experimental group<br>The experimental group was administered a 9-sessions weekly programme in the school context. It completed three assessment moments: pre-intervention, post-intervention and a 3-months after the intervention follow-up. | Behavioral: #KindGirlsInACTion<br>* 9-session weekly cognitive-behavioural intervention to promote psychological well-being and prevent body image and eating-related disordered behaviours.<br>|
| No Intervention: Control group<br>The control group did not receive any intervention. It completed three assessment moments: pre-intervention, post-intervention and a 3-months after the intervention follow-up. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Psychological Well-being | Kidscreen-27 | 5 months | 
| Psychological Well-being | Kidscreen-27 | 3 months | 
| Psychological Wel--being | Kidscreen-27 | Baseline | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eating Disorders | Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, EDE-Q | Baseline | 
| Eating Disorders | Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, EDE-Q | 3 months | 
| Eating Disorders | Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, EDE-Q | 5 months | 
| Positive body image | Body Appreciation Scale, BAS-2 | Baseline | 
| Positive body image | Body Appreciation Scale, BAS-2 | 3 months | 
| Positive body image | Body Appreciation Scale, BAS-2 | 5 months | 
| Social safeness | Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale, SSPS | Baseline | 
| Social safeness | Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale, SSPS | 3 months | 
| Social safeness | Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale, SSPS | 5 months | 
| Body image shame | Body Image Shame Scale, BISS | Baseline | 
| Body image shame | Body Image Shame Scale, BISS | 3 months | 
| Body image shame | Body Image Shame Scale, BISS | 5 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Intervention Programme, School-based, Adolescence, Girls, Psychological well-being, Compassion, Psychological flexibility, Positive body image