CFT-focused Mental Health Intervention With Exposure Training for Youngsters

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Psychopathic Personality Trait; Conduct Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Psychopathy.comp and training in virtual reality (VR)

• Registration Number: NCT05802758
• Lead Sponsor: Helsinki University Central Hospital

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to explore if individual CFT-based intervention with exposure training in virtual reality decreases conduct disorder symptoms and callous-unemoitonal traits , as well as increases subjective emotional welbeing among 15-to-20 year-old male prisoners and boys placed to state's residential schools. We will also study factors that may predict adherence to the intervention. These factors include mental well-being, motivation, and working alliance. In addition, we will evaluate the costs of the program.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-25
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-07
• Status Verified: 2023-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-07-30
• Last Update Posted: 2023-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2028-09-30
• Study Completion: 2029-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 144

Inclusion Criteria

• Express conduct disorder psychopathology and psychopathic personality traits
• Are placed to a prison or a state residential school for at least 9 months

Exclusion Criteria

• Females
• Non-Finninsh-speaking
• Remaining in the institution facility less than 9 months
• Intellectual dissability
• Presence of psychotic symptoms
• Autism
• History of epilepsy
• Currently participating another psychotherapeutic intervention

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Youngsters who get CFT + VR	Psychopathy.comp and training in virtual reality (VR)	yougsters, who get compassion-focused short intervention together with training in virtual reality together with general psychosocial rehabilitation offered by prisons and state residential schools

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The self-reported change in Youth Pysychopathic traits Inventory- short version (YPI-S) and in the factors of it	5 months	Measures both conduct prolems and psychopathic traits

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Santa Clara Compassion Scale	5 months	masures compassion against other people
Short Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing scale (SWEMWBS)	5months	measures general psychosocial well-being
Self-Compassion Scale- Short Form (SCS-SF)	5 months	measures self-compassion
Situational intrinsic and extrinsic motivation scale (SIMS)	5 months	measures younster's motivation to participate the intervention
Difficulties in Emotion Regulating Scale-Short form (DERS-SF)	5 months	measures emotion regulation style
WHO's quality of life questionnaire- Brief version (WHOQOL-BREF)	5 months	measures quality of life
Toronto Alexitymia Scale (TAS-20)	5 months	measures aleksitymia
Young Person's Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE)	5 months	measures how the intervention is felt by the youngster
The Personal Feelings Questionnaire- brief version (PFQ-2 Brief)	5 months	measures feelings of quilt

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Prison and Probation Service of Finland; 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland

State Residential Schools; 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland