An Examination of the Effects of the Social and Emotional Development Support Program on Adolescents' Sense of Belonging, Meaning in Life, Emotional Authenticity, Well-Being, and Psychological Resilience
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- The General Belongingness Scale
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program on adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. The study will be conducted with 9th-grade students studying in Defne district of Hatay, Türkiye, one of the regions affected by the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake that occurred on February 6, 2023. A pre-test/post-test control group experimental design will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
详细描述
This study aims to examine the effects of the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program, which will be implemented with ninth-grade students studying in the Defne district of Hatay, on adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. The research will be carried out with adolescents living in Defne, one of the districts of Hatay most affected by the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake that occurred in Türkiye on February 6, 2023. The study is designed as a pre-test/post-test control group experimental design. Participants will be randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group will receive the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program, whereas no intervention will be provided to the control group during the study period. Data will be collected using a demographic information form and standardized instruments assessing adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. The findings are expected to contribute to the social and emotional development of adolescents affected by the earthquake and to enrich the existing body of literature.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
Participants were not informed whether their school was assigned to the intervention or control condition.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 14 Years 至 15 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Adolescents aged between 14 and 15 years
- •Ninth-grade students enrolled in public high schools located in the Defne district of Hatay
- •Individuals who resided in the Defne district on February 6, 2023
- •Students who voluntarily agree to participate and whose parental consent has been obtained
- •Students who are able to attend all program sessions regularly
排除标准
- •Students who did not reside in the Defne district on February 6, 2023
- •Students with special educational needs or those reported by school counselors or parents to have developmental or psychiatric diagnoses
- •Students who are simultaneously participating in another psychosocial intervention program
- •Students with cognitive limitations that prevent them from completing the study assessments
研究组 & 干预措施
Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program
Participants in this group will receive the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program, which aims to enhance adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. The program will be implemented over several structured sessions conducted in a school setting.
干预措施: Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program (Behavioral)
No Intervention (Assessment Only Control Group)
Participants in this group will not receive any intervention during the study period. They will complete the same pre- and post-test assessments as the experimental group.
结局指标
主要结局
The General Belongingness Scale
时间窗: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Participants' sense of belonging will be assessed using the General Belongingness Scale. The General Belongingness Scale is answered on a four-point Likert scale with the options "(1) Strongly disagree, (2) Somewhat disagree, (3) Mostly agree, (4) Strongly agree." Six items represent the rejection/exclusion dimension, while the remaining six items reflect the acceptance/inclusion dimension. When all 12 items are evaluated together, a total belongingness score is obtained. In this context, higher total scores indicate higher levels of general belongingness among adolescents.
Meaning in Life Questionnaire
时间窗: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Participants' perceived meaning in life will be assessed using the Meaning in Life Questionnaire. Higher scores on the Presence of Meaning subscale indicate that individuals perceive their lives as more meaningful and purposeful, whereas higher scores on the Search for Meaning subscale reflect greater efforts to find or develop meaning in life. When calculating the total score by reverse-coding the Search subscale, a higher overall score signifies a stronger sense of meaning in life.
Emotional Authenticity Scale
时间窗: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Participants' emotional authenticity will be measured using the Emotional Authenticity Scale. The Emotional Authenticity Scale is a 20-item self-report measure assessing the extent to which individuals express their emotions in a genuine, coherent, and self-consistent manner. Items are rated on a 1-5 Likert scale. Five items from the "Acceptance of External Influence" subscale and seven items from the "Emotional Avoidance" subscale are reverse-scored. Higher total scores indicate greater emotional authenticity.
EPOCH Well-being Scale
时间窗: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Participants' well-being levels will be assessed using the EPOCH Well-Being Measure. The scale consists of five subscales and a total of 20 items. Higher scores on each subscale indicate a greater level of the specific characteristic assessed by that dimension. In addition, the scale provides an overall well-being score. During scoring, mean scores are calculated for each subscale as well as for the total scale.
Psychological Resilience Attitude and Skills Scale
时间窗: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Participants' resilience levels will be measured using the Resilience Attitude and Skill Scale. It is a 34-item, single-factor measurement tool rated on a four-point Likert scale. There are no reverse-scored items in the scale. Higher scores indicate higher levels of psychological resilience.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Didem Aslanyürek
Principal Investigator
Hacettepe University