Emotional Intelligence Intervention to Improve Mental Well-Being of Adolescents With Emotional Distress (BEAM)

Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Emotional Distress

Treatments: Behavioral: BEAM

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06713460

01-24-1CR-102

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention in adolescents with emotional distress. The main question it aims to answer is:

Does the intervention increase mental well-being, emotional resilience, and emocional intelligence in adolescents with emotional distress?

Participants will:

• Participate in a multi-component intervention for 9 weeks at school.

Full description

Background:Adolescence involves biological, psychological and social transformations that increase vulnerability to mental health problems. Emotional intelligence is a protective factor that improves mental well-being. Given the sensitivity of adolescence to mental health disorders, emotional intelligence emerges as a valuable tool for promoting mental well-being.The investigators hypothesize that adolescents aged 14-16 with emotional distress who receive the multicomponent intervention based on emotional intelligence will obtain better scores on the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale compared to the control group, after the intervention and at 24 weeks post-intervention.

Method :The study is a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). The participants and their parents will sign an agreement to participate in the study and will be randomly allocated in control and intervention groups by external researcher using a computer-generated random number. The intervention will be conducted in a school setting between April and November 2025. It will comprise a multicomponent program consisting of nine sessions, each lasting 55 minutes, addressing various topics related to emotional intelligence. Data will be collected from April 2025 to April 2026."Three psychometric scales will be used: Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWB), Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24) and Child Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-32), with measurements before the intervention (T0), 9 (T1) and 24 weeks follow-up (T2).The group receiving the intervention is expected to show improvements in emotional well-being, emotional intelligence and resilience compared to the control group.

Accepting an alpha risk of 0.05 and a beta risk of 0.20 in a bilateral contrast, 52 subjects in the first group and 52 in the second group are required to detect a difference equal to or greater than 5 units on the WEMWBS scale. A common standard deviation of 6.8 is assumed. A loss to follow-up rate of 0.1 (10%) and a correlation between observations of 0.4 was estimated.

Enrollment: 104 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adolescents with emotional distress scores on the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well- being Scale.
• Adolescents aged 14-16 ( in 9th Grade).
• Informed consent form signed (by adolescents and their parent or legal guardian)

Exclusion criteria

• Physical illnesses that prevent attendance at scheduled sessions, severe mental disorders (such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, major depression, schizophrenia).
• No comprehension of the language
• Lack of consent from the adolescents or their parents or legal guardians

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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104 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group (multicomponent intervention)

Experimental group

Description:

A multi-component group intervention, based on Mayer and Salovey's emotional skills model, will target adolescents with emotional distress. Led by the Community Emotional Well-Being Coordinator and supported by a nurse, physiotherapist, and educational psychologist, the intervention will occur April and November 2025 in Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa institutes. It will consist of nine 55-minute sessions during school hours, supplemented by voluntary home activities. The program will focus on emotional identification and regulation, structured around seven components: goal-setting, positive thinking, self-awareness, self-esteem, willpower, mindfulness, and assertiveness.

Treatment:

Behavioral: BEAM

Control group (non intervention)

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the control group will complete the same research questionnaires as the intervention group during the same period April and November 2025 Control group participants will undergo the intervention (if effective) in the following academic year (January - June 2026), when they are in 10th Grade.