Title: Is a Family-based, Life Skills Focused Intervention Effective in Reducing Psychological Distress and Stigma and Improving Inter-personal Relations and Functioning Among Former LRA Abductees and Other War-affected Children in Their Community in Dungu, the Democratic Republic of Congo?
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interventional
159
1 country
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Study Start
March 2012
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
April 2012
Actual (reported)Study Completion
July 2012
Actual (reported)The main research question of the study is whether a family-based, life-skills focused psychosocial intervention is effective in reducing psychological distress and stigma and improving inter-personal relations and functioning among war-affected children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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July 2012
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February 21, 2012
Actual (reported)March 2012
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March 2, 2012
Actual (reported)April 2012
Actual (reported)July 2012
Actual (reported)December 28, 2018
Actual (reported)Reduction in Post-traumatic Stress Reaction Symptoms Among Participants
To assess post-traumatic stress reaction symptoms the 8-item Impact of Events Scale (CRIES-8) was used (Yule, 1997). Respondents indicating how frequently they experience a symptom on a 4-point Likert scale (0, 1, 2, 3). Thus the minimum score was 0 while the maximum score was 24. A high score indicates a high level of post-traumatic stress symptoms. This 8-item CRIES, which was designed for children over 7 years of age, has an identical factor structure to the 22-item version (Yule, 1997) which was previously validated with a sample of 1,046 war-affected adolescents in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Mels, Derluyn, Broekaert \& Rosseel, 2010) (internal reliability range: 0·79 to 0·84; Cronbach's alpha for the total scale: 0·93). In the current study, internal consistency was 0·557.
1-week before intervention, 3-weeks later
African Youth Psychosocial Assessment Inventory - Depression and Anxiety Subscales
pre-intervention, 3 weeks later
Intervention Group
A 12-module manualised intervention focusing on reducing psychological distress, improving family and community functioning and boosting daily functioning of adolescents through the use of Mobile Cinema Screenings and task-based, participatory, group-sessions
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Dungu
Dungu, Haut-Uele, DRC, Republic of the Congo
O'Callaghan P, Branham L, Shannon C, Betancourt TS, Dempster M, McMullen J. A pilot study of a family focused, psychosocial intervention with war-exposed youth at risk of attack and abduction in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Child Abuse Negl. 2014 Jul;38(7):1197-207. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.02.004. Epub 2014 Mar 15.
Ciarán Shannon, BA, MA, DClin
British Psychological Society (Chartered Clinical Psychologist)
159 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
February 21, 2012
First Posted
March 2, 2012
Study Start
March 2012
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Mindfulness Training for Stress Management
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Primary Completion
April 2012
Actual (reported)Study Completion
July 2012
Actual (reported)Last Updated
December 28, 2018
Results First Posted
December 28, 2018
Record last verified: 2018-06
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