Anxiety Among Children: Adaptation and Effectiveness of the Program Super Skills for Life in School Settings
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 126
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)
研究概览
简要总结
Super Skills for Life (SSL) is a transdiagnostic prevention program designed for children with anxiety and depressive symptoms based on cognitive-behavioral therapy. This study is a Cluster Randomization Trial(cRCT) to determine the of the effectiveness of the SSL program to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms along with improving self-esteem, social skills and overall quality of life in a sample of 126, 5th grade children recruited from 6 schools from Pakistan.
Schools were the unit of randomization and were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions; intervention group (SSL) and waiting list control (WLC) group. Assessments were conducted before and after the 8 sessions of intervention and follow-up assessment after 6 months.
详细描述
Super Skills for Life (SSL) is a transdiagnostic prevention program designed for children with anxiety and depressive symptoms based on cognitive-behavioral therapy. This study is a Cluster Randomization Trial(cRCT) to determine the of the effectiveness of the SSL program to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms along with improving self-esteem, social skills and overall quality of life in a sample of 126, 5th grade children recruited from 6 schools from Pakistan.
Schools were the unit of randomization and were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions; intervention group (SSL) and waiting list control (WLC) group. Assessments were conducted before and after the 8 sessions of intervention and follow-up assessment after 6 months.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Factorial
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 9 Years 至 13 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Inclusion Criteria of the study was a selection of children of Grade 5th presented with anxiety symptoms according to their scores equal to or greater than 25 on a total scale score of The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) with age 9 and 13 years, who can speak and understand Urdu easily.
排除标准
- •Children who have any serious physical/medical diseases, diagnosed mental health issues, developmental delays, or learning difficulties, and are under any psychological treatment were excluded. Furthermore, children who had undergone any surgery or experienced serious traumatic events in the past 6 months and who did not get permission from their parents with written informed consent from parents/ not willing to were also excluded.
结局指标
主要结局
The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)
时间窗: Immediately after Intervention and Followup after 6 months
Psychometric tool for Anxiety Measurement
The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)
时间窗: Immediately post intervention and after 6 months
Psychometric Tool for the measurement of Depression
次要结局
- The Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)(Immediately post intervention and after 6 months)
- Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)(Immediately after intervention and after 6 months)
- Social Skills Questionnaire (SSQ)(immediately after intervention and after 6 months)
- Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL)(immediately after intervention and after 6 months)
研究者
Nazia Mustafa
Clinical Psychologist
Fatima Jinnah Women University