Implementing Digital Peer Support Training for Adolescent Mental Health
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Brief Summary
Using a hybrid type III trial with a cluster randomized design, the digital peer support training for adolescent mental health protocol aims to implement a multidisciplinary program, which translates theoretical and empirical work from implementation science, communication science, and developmental psychology, to train adolescents in effective digital peer support for mental well-being. With the lack of theoretically driven and empirically grounded program to train adolescents in providing digital peer support for mental well-being, this study involves the design and implementation of such a program using that addressed four research questions: (a) what is digital peer support for adolescents, (b) how do peers provide effective peer support online, (c) how do we implement digital peer support training among adolescents, (d) what are the facilitators and barriers in training adolescents to provide effective peer support, and (e) how do we scale up and sustain digital peer support training among adolescents for far-reaching and long-lasting effectiveness?
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Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 15, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 20, 2022
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 31, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 31, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2023
CompletedJanuary 20, 2022
January 1, 2022
11 months
December 15, 2021
January 6, 2022
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (4)
Change in Fidelity--Mattering
The degree to which the program is delivered as intended--specifically, fidelity will be measured by the extent to which adolescents' responses to real-world cases of peer disclosure indicate Mattering, using the 5-item Rosenberg Mattering Scale (Rosenberg \& McCullough, 1981) on a 5-point scale 0 (not at all) to 4 (very much). Before and immediately after training (as pre-class activity and homework assignment, respectively), participants in both the intervention arm will be presented with three cases of peer disclosure of varying levels of complexity and social context/issues (i.e., family, school, and relationship).
Before and immediately after training (as pre-class activity and homework assignment, respectively)
Change in Fidelity--Selfhood
The degree to which the program is delivered as intended--specifically, fidelity will be measured by the extent to which adolescents' responses to real-world cases of peer disclosure indicate selfhood using the 10-item Rosenberg Global Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1989), rated on a 5-point scale 0 (not at all) to 4 (very much). Before and immediately after training (as pre-class activity and homework assignment, respectively), participants in both the intervention arm will be presented with three cases of peer disclosure of varying levels of complexity and social context/issues (i.e., family, school, and relationship).
Before and immediately after training (as pre-class activity and homework assignment, respectively)
Change in Fidelity--compassion
The degree to which the program is delivered as intended--specifically, fidelity will be measured by the extent to which adolescents' responses to real-world cases of peer disclosure indicate compassion as operationalized in the Compassion Cultivation Training protocol (Jazaieri et al., 2013) as a multidimensional process comprising of four key components. Each component will be rated on a 5-point scale 0 (not at all) to 4 (very much). Before and immediately after training (as pre-class activity and homework assignment, respectively), participants in both the intervention arm will be presented with three cases of peer disclosure of varying levels of complexity and social context/issues (i.e., family, school, and relationship).
Before and immediately after training (as pre-class activity and homework assignment, respectively)
Change in Fidelity--Mindfulness
The degree to which the program is delivered as intended--specifically, fidelity will be measured by the extent to which adolescents' responses to real-world cases of peer disclosure indicate indicate mindfulness using the Cognitive theory of mindfulness(Carson \& Langer, 2006). Participants' responses will be evaluated based on the extent in which they reflect/harness the techniques for enhancing mindful self-acceptance in their responses using a 5-point scale 0 (not at all) to 4 (very much). Before and immediately after training (as pre-class activity and homework assignment, respectively), participants in both the intervention arm will be presented with three cases of peer disclosure of varying levels of complexity and social context/issues (i.e., family, school, and relationship).
Before and immediately after training (as pre-class activity and homework assignment, respectively)
Secondary Outcomes (5)
Reach
Immediately after the training program/last session of the training workshop
Acceptability--Self-report
Immediately after the training program/last session of the training workshop
Acceptability--focus group discussions
Immediately after the training program/last session of the training workshop
Cost-effectiveness
Immediately after the training program/last session of the training workshop
Psychological well-being
Immediately after the training program/last session of the training workshop
Study Arms (2)
Digital Peer Support Training Program
EXPERIMENTALThe intervention arm will undergo bite size modules on the four active ingredients of youth mental well-being-specifically, Mattering, selfhood, compassion and mindfulness, which will be delivered through training workshops, simulation activities, and homework assignments. The pre-post with control evaluation design will be utilized to evaluate program outcomes. Fidelity will be the primary outcome assessed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the digital peer support training program. It will be measured by the extent to which adolescents' responses to real-cases of peer disclosure indicate Mattering, selfhood, compassion and mindfulness. Reach, acceptability, cost-effectiveness, and adolescent self-reported psychological well-being will be assessed as secondary outcomes. Cost-effectiveness analysis will inform the development of a scalability and sustainability plan.
Waitlist control for Digital Peer Support Training Program
ACTIVE COMPARATORStudents in the wait-list control arm will receive the training program after the conclusion of the trial with the intervention arm. The pre-post with control evaluation design will be utilized to evaluate program outcomes. The intervention arm will undergo bite size modules on the four active ingredients of youth mental well-being-specifically, Mattering, selfhood, compassion and mindfulness, which will be delivered through training workshops, simulation activities, and homework assignments.The same set of primary and secondary outcomes assessed in the experimenter arm will be included. Specifically, fidelity will be the primary outcome assessed. Reach, acceptability, cost-effectiveness, and adolescent self-reported psychological well-being will be assessed as secondary outcomes.
Interventions
The digital peer support training program will consist of bite size modules on the four active ingredients of youth mental well-being, which will be delivered through training workshops, simulation activities, and homework assignments. The training will be conducted over 8 sessions, each lasting for 45-60 minutes following the typical duration of a school lesson on Character and Citizenship Education. The training workshops will be conducted as part of the school's Character and Citizenship Education lessons. The proficiency of participants in applying these digital support skills will be evaluated through simulation and homework activities, in which they apply the four active ingredients in their responses to mock letters that are adapted from actual cases of peer emotional disclosure. At the end of the training, adolescents are expected to apply the four active ingredients to the homework assignments on peers' emotional experiences.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Participants will include certified teachers aged 22 to 65 with a post-graduate diploma in education and who teach the Character and Citizenship Education lessons, as well as adolescents aged 13 to 16 who are students enrolled in the high school.
You may not qualify if:
- Students who have been identified by the school teachers and counselors prior to the training as experiencing emotional distress will be excluded. Additionally, as one of the secondary outcomes examined in this study, students with low ratings of psychological well-being (Ryff \& Keyes, 1995; i.e., 2 SD below the mean) in the pre-training assessment will be referred to the teachers and school counselors and they will not participate in the workshop.
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Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
GeckHong Yeo, PhD
N.1 Institute for Health, National University of Singapore
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dean Ho, PhD
N.1 Institute for Health, National University of Singapore
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Wei Ning Chang, PhD
Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Bradford Brown, PhD
University of Wiscosnsin, Madison; Department of Educational Psychology
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 15, 2021
First Posted
January 20, 2022
Study Start
January 31, 2022
Primary Completion
December 31, 2022
Study Completion
December 1, 2023
Last Updated
January 20, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-01
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
- Time Frame
- Beginning 12 months and ending 36 months following article publication
- Access Criteria
- Investigators whose proposed use of the data has been approved by an independent review committee ("learned intermediary") identified for this purpose-for individual participant data meta-analysis. Proposals may be submitted up to 36 months following article publication. After 36 months the data will be available in our University's data warehouse but without investigator support other than deposited metadata.
Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in article publication, after deidentification (text, tables, figures, and appendices)