Prevention Program- Promoting Self Resilience, Positive Self-Image and Body Image Among Adolescents and Their Parents

Tel Hai College

Status: Completed

Conditions: Primary Prevention

Treatments: Behavioral: Experimental: Prevention Program "young In Favor of Myself", no parental involvement; Behavioral: Experimental: Prevention Program "young In Favor of Myself", active parents

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03540277

Tel Hai College.

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cluster-Randomized Clinical trial, which includes the development and activation of an intervention program among young adolescents and their parents. Study hypothesis is that the intervention program will yield improvement in adolescents whose parents participated in the program, in comparison with the adolescents whose parents weren't involved in the intervention. Results will be measured using the study questionnaire, to be filled out by the participants before, after, and three months after the completion of the program. The questionnaire will include validated questionnaires with good psychometric qualities. The study protocol was approved by Tel Hai College institutional review board. Parents of all participants, in the intervention and in the control group, received information about the program and the study and were asked to provide informed consent.

Full description

Early adolescent (10-13 years) is characterized by hormonal changes and accelerated physiological growth. Significant risk factors for the physical and mental health of children and adolescents include, among other things, disordered eating patterns, overweight and reduced physical activity, low self-esteem and negative body image.

"In Favor of Myself" is a preventive intervention program. The program's primary goal is to increase adolescents' self-esteem and to prevent negative self-image and body image, as well as to development media literacy. In this study, the investigators will focus on the "Young In Favor of Myself " program, designed for ages 10-12, grades 5 and 6, and its main core is the development of self-care. To increase the effect of "Young In Favor of Myself " program, on the adolescents, the investigators have developed a program that will be passed on to parents through a telephone application. The study will first assess the parents' influence on the program, and then evaluate the difference in adolescent outcomes from the program with or without this supplement.

Results will be measured using the study questionnaire, to be filled out by the participants (both parents and adolescents) before, after, and three months after the completion of the program. The questionnaire will include validated questionnaires with good psychometric qualities. The study protocol was approved by Tel Hai College institutional review board. Parents of all participants, in the intervention and in the control group, received information about the program and the study and were asked to provide informed consent.

Enrollment: 420 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents of children 10-12 years old
• 10-12-year-old children of participating parents
• Participants who filled out the questionnaires before and after the program
• Participants whose parents signed a letter of informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Participants who didn't complete the questionnaires at baseline or at least twice.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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420 participants in 3 patient groups

Prevention Program "young In Favor of Myself", active parents

Experimental group

Description:

The program "young In Favor of Myself" will be delivered to adolescence aged 10-12, over 3 months. The program contains nine weekly, 90-min sessions that focus on Media literacy, self-esteem, self-image and body image. The parents will also participate by a phone app that will pass the parents activities to do with their children, in parallel to the program. All participants will complete a self-report questionnaire at baseline, after the program ends, and three months after the completion of the program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Experimental: Prevention Program "young In Favor of Myself", active parents

Prevention Program "young In Favor of Myself", passive parents

Active Comparator group

Description:

The program "young In Favor of Myself" will be delivered to adolescence aged 10-12, over 3 months. The program contains nine weekly, 90-min sessions that focus on Media literacy, self-esteem, self-image and body image. The parents won't participate in the program, they will get only a brochure about Media literacy, self-esteem, self-image and body image. All participants will complete a self-report questionnaire at baseline, after the program ends, and three months after the completion of the program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Experimental: Prevention Program "young In Favor of Myself", no parental involvement

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will not receive the intervention program. The control group will complete the same self-report questionnaire as the intervention group at baseline, after the program ends, and three months after the completion of the program.