Clinical trial NCT06402929: Honest, Open, Proud - College for Post-Secondary Students With Mental Health Challenges
Official title: Self-stigma and Strategic Disclosure Amongst Canadian Postsecondary Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Stigmatization
Mental Health Issue
Disclosure
Keywords: Mental Illness
Stigma
Self-Stigma
Post-Secondary Students
Group Intervention
Disclosure
Lead sponsor: Lakehead University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA
First posted: 2024-05-07
Enrollment: 63
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 17
Maximum age (years): 29
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of an online format of the group-based intervention "Honest Open Proud-College" among Canadian post-secondary students.

Detailed description: Mental health issues have been highlighted as a growing concern within the post-secondary student population. Studies show that one significant concern for post-secondary students pertains to disclosing their mental challenges to others. Disclosure decisions are especially relevant for postsecondary students in the context of academic and social support. Students with mental health challenges who do not receive helpful accommodations may experience greater stress related to academics. Students also note that, in navigating their social sphere, they often need to consider what aspects of their mental health challenges to share in what situations.

As such, students often need to make decisions about whether to conceal or disclose their mental health challenges, both of which have their own pros and cons. Disclosure is a complex decision that requires consideration of personal and contextual factors. Honest, Open, Proud-College (HOP-C) is a peer-led, group-based intervention, that supports post-secondary students in the process of making decisions to disclose their mental health conditions. This study will evaluate the impacts of HOP-C administered through a videoconferencing platform on personal, social, and disclosure related outcomes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 17 to 29 years old
* Enrolment in an university or college in Canada
* Self-identify as experiencing mental health challenges
* Moderate level of self-reported self-stigma (score 4 or higher on the screening item "Do you feel ashamed about dealing with anxiety, depression, or any other mental health challenges?", rated from 1, not at all, to 7, very much)

Exclusion Criteria:

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale-Short Form (Corrigan et al., 2012)
timeFrame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
measure: Attitudes to Disclosure Questionnaire (Mayer et al., 2022)
timeFrame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
measure: Empowerment Scale (Rogers et al., 1997)
timeFrame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Stigma Stress Scale (Rüsch, Corrigan, Powell, et al., 2009; Rüsch, Corrigan, Wassel, et al., 2009)
timeFrame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
measure: Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965)
timeFrame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
measure: Self-Efficacy about Disclosure Scale (Conley et al., 2019; Rüsch et al., 2014)
timeFrame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
measure: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet et al., 1988)
timeFrame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
measure: General Help Seeking Questionnaire (Wilson et al., 2005)
timeFrame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
measure: Actual Help Seeking Questionnaire (Rickwood et al., 2005)
timeFrame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Other outcomes:
measure: Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21; Lovibond & Lovidbond, 1995)
timeFrame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
measure: Online Experience Questionnaire
timeFrame: Post Intervention (3 weeks)
measure: Disclosure Worksheet
timeFrame: Post Intervention (3 weeks) and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Locations:
city: Thunder Bay
country: Canada
facility: Lakehead University
state: Ontario
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