Prevention Program Promoting Self Resilience,Positive Self-Image and Body Image Among Adolescence Aged 15-17

Tel Hai College

Status: Completed

Conditions: Primary Prevention

Treatments: Other: program "In Favor of Resilience Self"

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02653586

telhaicolege

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was a group randomized controlled trial. Within each school Classes of high school students were allocated by randomization to the intervention or control group by a function Randomization in Excel program. Outcomes were measured by questionnaire at pre- intervention, post-intervention and 3-month follow-up. 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 choose whether to provided informed consent or not.

Full description

Participants and setting Two high schools were recruited for the study, in each school classes from grades 9th and 10th were chosen to participate in the study all mixed gender classes. The two high schools are in northern Israel, one in a rural area and the second in a small city, both serving the Jewish population. The size of the schools were similar. All data were collected within the school setting.

Program description "Towards a more resilient self" is an interactive, cognitive behavior program aiming to address low resilience, low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction. The program contains a range of coping strategies to help adolescents improve resilience, self-esteem and body image. The program consists of nine 90-min sessions delivered by one group leader in the presence of the classes' teachers. Participants in the control group received one session of 90 minutes with health nutrition education.

Enrollment: 209 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants who filled out the questionnaires before and after the program, and if their parents have signed a letter of agreement

Exclusion criteria

• Participants who do not completed the questionnaires at least twice

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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209 participants in 2 patient groups

program "In Favor of Resilience Self"

Experimental group

Description:

The program "In Favor of Resilience Self" was delivered to adolescence aged 15-17, over 2 months. The program contained nine weekly, 90-min lessons that focus on enhancing self- resilience, self-esteem, self-image, body image. All students completed a self-report questionnaire at baseline, conclusion and 3 months after program conclusion.

Treatment:

Other: program "In Favor of Resilience Self"

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group didn't receive the intervention program, instead they received a lecture on wised nutrition. In addition the control group completed the same self-report questionnaire as the intervention group at baseline, conclusion and 3 months after program.