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Indicated stress-prevention in adolescence

Not Applicable
Conditions
StressBurnout
Registration Number
DRKS00012778
Lead Sponsor
Sektion für translationale Psychobiologie in der Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
71
Inclusion Criteria

Students attending year 8 to 12 at regular schools in the Rhine-Neckar-Region; increased level of stress (rawscore of 8 or higher in the Perceived Stress Scale-4 (Cohen et al., 1983). Only for the analysis of hair cortisol: Hair length at least 3 cm.

Exclusion Criteria

Current severe psychological disorder (Schizophrenia, Severe Major Depression, Borderline-Personality-Disorder), current psychotherapeutical treatment. For the analyis of hair cortisol (no requirement for the participation in the study in general): ingestion of drugs containing glucocorticoid or psychiatric drugs, pregnancy, endocrinologic or neurologic deseases. For the examination of the heart rate variability: cardiac arrhythmia.

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Perceived stress measured via Perceived Stress Scale 10 (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983) at t1 (Postline), which is collected within four weeks after the end of the training of the intervention-group. The control-group did not receive training yet at this time.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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