Increasing the Impact of a School Prevention Program Among Young Adolescents by Adding a Teacher Component

NCT05102526 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: Tel-Hai
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A randomized clinical trial in clusters, including the development and implementation of an intervention program among young adolescents and their teachers. The research hypothesis is that the intervention program will yield improvement in adolescents whose parents participated in the program, compared with adolescents whose teachers were not involved in the intervention. The results will be measured using the research questionnaire, which participants will complete before, after and three months after the end of the program. The questionnaire will include approved questionnaires with good psychometric properties. In addition, there will be a quality interview. The study protocol was approved by the Tel Hai College Institutional Audit Committee. Parents of all participants in the intervention and control group as well as the teachers involved in the program received information about the program and research and were asked to give informed consent.

Conditions

Primary Prevention

Keywords

prevention-program; Physical assessment; self-esteem; self-care; Teachers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Change from Baseline in the Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance Questionnaire-4, Affects by Media subscale.

  The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (Schaefer et al., 2015). The investigators included the Media subscale, including 4 items. Items are rated on a 5-point scale: (1) always, (2) often, (3) sometimes, (4) rarely, (5) never. The total score is based on computing the average. A higher score indicates higher pressure from the media to change one's look.

  Measured three times over six months: at baseline, at program termination (immediately after last session), and three months after the completion of the program, measuring a change in scores

• Change from Baseline in Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale

  Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965)- 10 items. Scoring involves a method of combined ratings. Low self-esteem responses are "disagree" or "strongly disagree" on items 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, and "strongly agree" or "agree" on items 2, 5, 6, 8, 9. Two or three out of three correct responses to items 3, 7, and 9 are scored as one item. One or two out of two correct responses for items 4 and 5 are considered as a single item; items 1,8, and 10 are scored as individual items; and combined correct responses (one or two out of two) to items 2 and 6 are considered to be a single item.

  Measured three times over six months: at baseline, at program termination (immediately after last session), and three months after the completion of the program, measuring a change in scores

• Change from Baseline in Body Esteem Scale

  Body Esteem Scale- This questionnaire examines self-esteem of body and physical appearance and consists of 3 subscales: appearance (10 items), weight (8 items) and attribution 187 to others (5 items). Items are rated on a 5-point scale: (1) never, (2) rarely, (3) sometimes, (4) 188 often, and (5) always. A higher score indicates higher body-esteem (Mendelson, Mendelson, \& White, 2001)

  Measured three times over six months: at baseline, at program termination (immediately after last session), and three months after the completion of the program, measuring a change in scores

• Change from Baseline in Advertising Scale

  The Advertising scale contains 1 item- Identification of strategies used by media. This question is reflected as a protective factor. It contains 8 different strategies which participants choose from: higher number of strategies identified indicate better media literacy. (Golan et al., 2013).

  Measured three times over six months: at baseline, at program termination (immediately after last session), and three months after the completion of the program, measuring a change in scores

• Change from Baseline in Self-Care behaviors

  Developed by Prof. Moria Golan and assessed in previous research. Includes 14 items which are rated on a 4-point scale: (1) never, (2) rarely, (3) sometimes, (4) always. Items are summed, and higher scores indicate higher self-care behaviors. This questionnaire was designed to assess self care behaviors in adolescents.

  Measured three times over six months: at baseline, at program termination (immediately after last session), and three months after the completion of the program, measuring a change in scores

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Baseline in The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)

  Measured three times over six months: at baseline, at program termination (immediately after last session), and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores

Study Arms (2)

"Young Millie" prevention program, active teachers

EXPERIMENTAL

The "Young Mili" program will be delivered to teens ages 10-12, over 3 months. The program contains nine 90-minute weekly sessions focusing on media literacy, self-esteem, self-esteem and physical self-esteem. Teachers will also participate by delivering planned activities to their students in addition to each week's theme, in parallel with an externally delivered program. All participants will complete a self-report questionnaire at the beginning of the study, after the end of the program and three months after the end of the program.

Behavioral: Experimental: "Young Millie" prevention program, active teachers

"Young Mili" prevention program, passive teachers

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The "Young Mili" program will be delivered to teens ages 10-12, over 3 months. The program contains nine 90-minute weekly sessions focusing on media literacy, self-esteem, self-esteem and body image. Teachers will not participate in the program, they will be present in class only during the program on transfer abroad. All participants will complete a self-report questionnaire at the beginning of the study, after the end of the program and three months after the end of the program.

Behavioral: Prevention program: "Young Mili", non active teachers

Interventions

Experimental: "Young Millie" prevention program, active teachers BEHAVIORAL

Prevention program: "Young Mili", in collaboration with the teacher

"Young Millie" prevention program, active teachers

Prevention program: "Young Mili", non active teachers BEHAVIORAL

Prevention program: "Young Mili", without the participation of the teacher

"Young Mili" prevention program, passive teachers

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Teachers of elementary school classes
• year-old students of participating teachers
• Participants who filled out the questionnaires before and after the program
• Participants whose parents signed a letter of informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tel Hai College: lead

Study Sites (1)

Tel Hai College

Kiryat Shmona, Upper Galilee, 1220800, Israel

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 23, 2021
• First Posted: November 1, 2021
• Study Start: November 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2022
• Study Completion: October 1, 2023
• Last Updated: November 1, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-10

Locations

IL (1)