Effectiveness of coping with stress intervention in reducing stress among adolescents in low-income communities in Hulu Langat district, Selangor.
- Conditions
- Stress among adolescents from low-income communities.Adolescents stress,coping with stress intervention,Transactional model.
- Registration Number
- TCTR20200205005
- Lead Sponsor
- /A
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 156
The inclusion criteria are as follow:
i) Adolescents age between 13 to 15 years old.
This age group was chosen in order to avoid the effects of a school program called Minda Sihat which is introduced to all 16 years old students (MOH, 2005).
ii) Perceives as having stress (Perceived stress score 1 and above)
Study have shown that indicated prevention intervention in reducing stress had documented higher intervention effects as compared to universal prevention intervention (Puolakanaho, et al., 2019; Burckhardt, et al., 2016). The perceived stress score of 1 and above indicates the presence of stress (Cohen, 1988).
iii) Provided written parental consent.
iv) Malaysian citizen.
The exclusion criteria are as follow:
i) Currently enrolled in mental health treatment for stress or to cope with stressors
ii) Adolescents with a physical and psychological disabilities that may prevent from participating and understanding in the intervention modules.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method SELF-ESTEEM BASELINE, POST-INTERVENTION, 1 MONTH POST- INTERVENTION, 3 MONTHS POST-INTERVENTION QUESTIONNAIRE- ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE ,COPING BEHAVIOR BASELINE, POST-INTERVENTION, 1 MONTH POST- INTERVENTION, 3 MONTHS POST-INTERVENTION QUESTIONNAIRE- BRIEF COPE
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method STRESS BASELINE, POST-INTERVENTION, 1 MONTH POST- INTERVENTION, 3 MONTHS POST-INTERVENTION QUESTIONNAIRE- PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE -10