Self-control Beats Anger: Research into a training for children with learning difficulties and challenging behavior
- Conditions
- Aggressive behavioroppositional defiant behavior10034726
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON49998
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit Utrecht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 214
- Age between 9 and 14 years old
- Subclinical or clinical scores on behavior problems as determined based on a
standardized screening questionnaire filled out by the teacher (i.e., the TRF
externalizing problems subscale; scores > 84th percentile indicate subclinical
or clinical scores)
- An IQ between 65 and 85 (as determined by IQ data provided by the school if
available and if not older than two years; if such data is unavailable, IQ is
determined by the administration of seven subtests of the WISC-V-NL)
See protocol section 6 (Methods) for more information on the screening
measurements we use to determine whether children do or do not meet the
inclusion criteria.
- The presence of an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, or severe autism
spectrum disorder symptoms, as determined by on a standardized screening
questionnaire filled out by the teacher (i.e., the ASV symptom score; scores >
95th percentile indicate severe scores)
- The presence of severe deficits in language, auditory, or visual skills (as
determined during the formal screening, by means of on a short yes/no
questionnaire filled out by the school mental health professional)
- The youth is currently in therapy elsewhere for the same problems they would
be treated for in the intervention (i.e., externalizing behavior; as determined
during the formal screening, by means on a short yes/no questionnaire filled
out by the school mental health professional)
See protocol section 6 (Methods) for more information on the screening
measurements we use to determine whether children do or do not meet the
exclusion criteria.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome measure is behaviour problems. This is measured using a<br /><br>multi-informant (i.e., child, parents, and teachers) approach. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The secondary outcome measures are also measured using a multi-informant<br /><br>approach (i.e., child, parents, trainers, and teachers). They include the<br /><br>following mediators: social information processing, emotion regulation, and<br /><br>self-control. They include the following moderators: treatment integrity,<br /><br>therapeutic alliance, client comprehension, treatment motivation, client<br /><br>involvement. </p><br>