Emotion regulation as the stepping stone for youth mental health: testing the efficacy of the prevention program 'Boostcamp'
Completed
- Conditions
- Emotion Regulation (ER)Mental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN68235634
- Lead Sponsor
- Ghent University
- Brief Summary
2018 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30031383
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 280
Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged 10 - 14 years
2. In the first year of secondary school
3. In a participating class
Exclusion Criteria
Not meeting inclusion criteria.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Adolescent mental health is assessed using the Youth Self Report (YSR), Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C), Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI), Compententie Belevingsschaal voor Adolescenten (CBSA), and KIDSCREEN-10 HRQoL for Children and Adolescents (KIDSCREEN-10) at baseline, 8 weeks and 6 months<br>2. Emotion regulation is assessed using the FEEL-KJ questionnaire, the emotion regulation skills questionnaire (ERSQ) and he subscale 'Emotional Awareness' of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) at baseline, 8 weeks and 6 months. The positive and negative affect (PANAS-C), depression (CDI), emotion regulation skills (ERSQ) and Global Self Worth (CBSA) are assessed immediatly after the two days training (in the last hour of the training).<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Mental health knowledge and stigma is measured using qualitative questions at baseline, 8 weeks and 6 months<br>2. School absenteeism and academic achievement are measured by the school through the whole school year as usual and will be delivered to the investigator after the last questionnaires