Clinical trial NCT04231604: Evaluation of a School-based Programme Aimed at Promoting Well-being in Adolescents
Official title: Evaluation of a School-based Programme Aimed at Promoting Well-being in Adolescents
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Adolescent Well-Being
Resilience, Psychological
Lead sponsor: University College Dublin
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-01-18
Enrollment: 604
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 19
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Well-being measured by the Adolescent Mental Health Continuum-Short Form
timeFrame: 6 weeks after beginning intervention: 19/10/2020
measure: Well-being measured by the Adolescent Mental Health Continuum-Short Form
timeFrame: 12 weeks after beginning intervention: 01/12/2020
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Resilience measured by the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10
timeFrame: 6 weeks after beginning intervention: 19/10/2020
measure: Resilience measured by the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10
timeFrame: 12 weeks after beginning intervention: 01/12/2020
Other outcomes:
measure: Emotional literacy measured by the Emotional Literacy and Intervention Inventory-Pupil Checklist
timeFrame: 6 weeks after beginning intervention: 19/10/2020
measure: Emotional literacy measured by the Emotional Literacy and Intervention Inventory-Pupil Checklist
timeFrame: 12 weeks after beginning intervention: 01/12/2020
measure: Mindfulness measured by the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Children
timeFrame: 6 weeks after beginning intervention: 19/10/2020
measure: Mindfulness measured by the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Children
timeFrame: 12 weeks after beginning intervention: 01/12/2020
measure: Satisfaction with the programme measured by the Brief Satisfaction Scale
timeFrame: 6 weeks after beginning intervention: 19/10/2020
Locations:
city: Dublin
country: Ireland
facility: University College Dublin
state: Leinster
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