Effects of Parent-Adolescent Joint Interventions for Adolescents With Adverse Childhood Experiences (EASY-PEP)

Peking University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Stress, Emotional; Adverse Childhood Experiences; Stress-related Mental Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychoeducation; Behavioral: PCE promotion; Behavioral: Emotiaonl skill enhancement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06619821

Joint Tx for Adolscents ACEs

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to examine the effectiveness of joint parent-adolescent intervention in improving the mental health outcomes of participants, specifically by reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD, as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7), and the Child PTSD Symptom Scale for DSM-5 (CPSS-5). Adolescents will be recruited from middle schools and randomly assigned to one of three groups: (a) psychoeducation, (b) psychoeducation + emotional skills enhancement, or (c) psychoeducation + emotional skills enhancement + positive childhood experience promotion. The school-based intervention will consist of 4-8 sessions, with assessments conducted at baseline, post-treatment, and a 3-month follow-up. Investigators will conduct multilevel models (MLMs) and structural equation models (SEMs) to investigate the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs), alexithymia, and emotion regulation abilities on mental health outcomes in adolescents.

Enrollment: 3,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Middle school students studying in school and their parents
• Capable of hearing, speaking, reading, and writing

Exclusion criteria

• High suicidal risks
• Severe mental disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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3,000 participants in 3 patient groups

Psychoeducation group （PsyE）

Active Comparator group

Description:

Psychoeducation consists of parent and adolescent psychoeducation. The content includes an introduction to stress, emotional distress and mental disorders.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychoeducation

Psychoeducation + Emotional Skills (PsyE+EmoS)

Experimental group

Description:

Psychoeducation includes sessions for both parents and adolescents, offering the same content as the control group, which introduces stress, emotional distress, and mental disorders. In addition, the emotional skills enhancement sessions provide online materials focused on emotional awareness and emotion regulation strategies, along with tasks related to the content. Participants will also be required to complete a weekly writing assignment, upload their written contents, and assess their level of subjective discomfort following each writing exercise.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Emotiaonl skill enhancement

Behavioral: PCE promotion

Behavioral: Psychoeducation

Psychoeducation + emotional skills + PCE (PsyE+EmoS+PoCE)

Experimental group

Description:

In comparison to the PsyE+EmoS group, this group additionally requires parents to complete a weekly parent-child communication task aimed at fostering positive childhood experiences. Parents are also expected to document and upload the details of these tasks each week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Emotiaonl skill enhancement

Behavioral: Psychoeducation