PPI to Promote the Psychological Well-being of Children Living in Poverty
- Conditions
- Adolescent Development
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Positive Psychology
- Registration Number
- NCT04875507
- Lead Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Brief Summary
Positive psychology interventions use positive psychology techniques to identify meaning and value in life events to raise positive feelings and emotions. Application of PPIs has steadily increased in clinical and non-clinical samples. However, that meta-analysis did not include any study in a Chinese population, and it remains unclear whether PPIs are applicable in the Hong Kong Chinese context.
- Detailed Description
A randomized controlled trial will be conducted. A convenience sample of 120 patients age 13 to 17 years with no cognitive and/or behavioral problem(s) will be recruited in secondary school around Kwai Chung Estate Participants will be randomized into experimental and control group. The experimental group, who will receive a 1.5-hour workshop covering positive psychology techniques delivered by a qualified research assistant, in groups of less than 5 people, and a booster intervention at 1 week. The control group will received no intervention. Data collection will be conducted at baseline, 1 week, 1month, 3months and 6 months for both groups.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
- Age from 13-17
- Can read Chinese and speak Cantonese
- with identified cognitive and/or behavioral problem(s)
- with identified mental problem(s)
- participating in any mental health service/programme and/or receiving any psychiatric medication.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Positive psychology Positive Psychology The experimental group(n=60), who will receive a 1.5-hour workshop covering positive psychology techniques delivered by a qualified research assistant, in groups of less than 5 people.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Consent rate At baseline The number of eligible children who consent to participate divided by the number of eligible children
Completion rate at 6-month follow-up At 6-month follow-up The number of participants who return the questionnaires divided by the number of questionnaires distributed
Adverse events at baseline At baseline unfavorable and unintended events
Screening rate At baseline The number of children screened by the RA divided by the number of children available for screening during the recruitment period.
Retention rate at 6-month follow-up At 6-month follow-up The number of participants who remain in this study divided by the number of randomized participants, calculated by group at each follow-up
Eligibility rate At baseline The number of eligible children divided by the number of screened children
Randomization rate At baseline The number of children randomized to the experimental and control groups divided by the number of consenting children
Intervention attendance rate at 1-week follow-up At 1-week follow-up The number of participants in the experimental group who complete the intervention divided by the number of participants randomized into the group
Missing data at baseline At baseline The percentage of missing in the dataset
Missing data at 1-week follow-up At 1-week follow-up The percentage of missing in the dataset
Missing data at 3-month follow-up At 3-month follow-up The percentage of missing in the dataset
Adverse events at 1-week follow-up At 1-week follow-up unfavorable and unintended events
Intervention attendance rate Immediately after the training workshop The number of participants in the experimental group who complete the intervention divided by the number of participants randomized into the group
Adherence to the intervention protocol at 1-week follow-up At 1-week follow-up The number of participants in the experimental group who practice the skills gained divided by the number of participants randomized into the group
Adverse events at 1-month follow-up At 1-month follow-up unfavorable and unintended events
Adverse events at 3-month follow-up At 3-month follow-up unfavorable and unintended events
Missing data at 1-month follow-up At 1-month follow-up The percentage of missing in the dataset
Missing data at 6-month follow-up At 6-month follow-up The percentage of missing in the dataset
Adverse events at 6-month follow-up At 6-month follow-up unfavorable and unintended events
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Chinese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory at 6-month follow-up At 6-month follow-up Assess participants' quality of life
Chinese version of The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children at 6-month follow-up At 6-month follow-up Assess participants' depressive symptoms
Chinese version of the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale at 6-month follow-up At 6-month follow-up Assess participants' self-esteem
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Ka Yan Ho
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡°Hong Kong, Hong Kong,China, Hong Kong