School-based Group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Adolescents

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Depressive Symptoms; Anxiety; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Acceptance and commitment therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06039228

KPF23GWP12

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the investigators' mental health promotion intervention premised on the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework in secondary school settings aims to enhance young people's psychological flexibility and reduce their emotional distress. ACT is an evidence-based approach that encourages individuals to act in alignment with their identified values. The investigator's team will employ an ACT protocol for adolescents developed by Louise Hayes and Joseph Ciarrochi. The study includes a single-group study design. The investigator will compare the pre- and post-intervention data to assess the feasibility and potential effectiveness of the group intervention.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Eligible participants are adolescents who reported mild to moderate severity of psychological distress, including those who report:

• a score of 5-19 on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), or
• a score of 5-14 on the General Anxiety Disorder-7, or
• a score ≥14 on the Perceived Stress Scale.

Exclusion criteria

Adolescents will be excluded if they exhibit or report:

• violent or aggressive behavior, or
• active self-injurious or suicidal thought, or
• active psychotic symptom.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Acceptance and commitment therapy