The effects of art therapy with clay on emotion regulation, stress, and hormone levels in secondary school students

Not Applicable

Suspended

• Conditions: Depression; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Depressive episode

• Registration Number: ISRCTN96947690
• Lead Sponsor: Hong Kong Baptist University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-01-08
• Last Update Posted: 27 April 2020
• Study Completion: 2021-08-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Suspended
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 122

Inclusion Criteria

1. Hong Kong S.4-5 students, aged between 15 and 17 (this age range may have included children who are newly emigrated from the mainland)
2. Ability to understand and communicate in Cantonese
3. Suitable and able to perform activities in groups during the course of the 6-week program
4. Students with DASS depressive subscale scores in the 9-21 range will be recruited for the current research and scores on the other two subscales (anxiety and stress) will be used as controlled variables during data analysis

Exclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosed with mood disorder, anxiety disorder, or any other psychiatric disorder that required medical treatment, or professional intervention during the past 12 months
2. With other medical conditions that are likely to limit group participation during the course of the 6-week program

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Measured at T0 (baseline), T1 (right after intervention) and T2 (2 months after intervention):<br> 1. Salivary cortisol measured using the Salivette” kits (Starstedt, Ag & Co., Numbrecht, Germany)<br> 2. Emotion regulation measured using the State Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (S-DERS)<br> 3. Emotion measured using the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)<br> 4. Anxiety and depression measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)<br> 5. Emotional awareness measured using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20)<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Experiences of the intervention measured using focus groups at completion of the intervention