Discovering Adolescents' Talents and Life Projects as a Key Factor in Their Life Satisfaction

NCT06473155 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: BesaiBcn01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Recent data show a deterioration in the mental health of adolescents, with an increase in anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, eating disorders, and a significant increase in suicides. Psychological distress may be related to the absence of a life project that provides motivation, satisfaction, and direction in their lives, and allows the formation of an integrated sense of personal identity, along with a projection of improvement in abilities. An intervention aimed at enhancing the life project of adolescents could increase their life satisfaction and, secondarily, improve their mental health. The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a structured intervention oriented towards the discovery and development of personal talents can have a strong positive impact on the life satisfaction and mental health of adolescents. The Spanish versions of the Satisfaction with Life Scale and Young Person-Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation scales will be used to evaluate life satisfaction and psychological distress of participants before and after the intervention. In addition, the Geniotype questionnaire will be used to explore and enhance the participants' personal talents. The full intervention comprises eight sessions based on Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy (HIP). It includes one session with Explore Your Meanings (EYME), an immersive digital platform based on the repertory grid technique aimed to enhance the success of therapeutic work and improve personal capabilities. Researchers will compare the full intervention, with an intervention in which the Geniotype questionnaire is substituted by a somatic symptoms questionnaire (with no implications for the talents of the participant) to see if the Geniotype identification works to increase life satisfaction and reduce psychological distress. The control group will be a non-active waiting list. Participants will attend eight weekly, one-hour sessions of a psychological intervention including Geniotype or a somatic symptoms questionnaire or remain in a waiting list for 2 months.

Conditions

Healthy; Adolescent Development

Keywords

adolescent; personal satisfaction

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)

  The SWLS is an instrument used in research on quality of life and psychological well-being. It is a brief 5-item instrument using a 7-point Likert scale designed to measure individuals' global cognitive judgments of satisfaction with their life. The higher the score, the higher the level of satisfaction.

  SWLS will be administered at baseline, and at the end of the last (8th.) session (2 months).

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Young Person-Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE)

  YP-CORE will be administered at baseline, and at the end of the last (8th.) session (2 months).

Study Arms (3)

Wait List Control (WLC)

NO INTERVENTION

Wait List Control

Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy and Identity Exploration (HIP+EYME)

EXPERIMENTAL

Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy and Identity Exploration with Virtual Reality using Explore Your Meanings (EYME)

Behavioral: Experimental: Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy and Identity Exploration (HIP+EYME)

Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy, Identity, and Geniotype Exploration (HIP+EYME+GENIOTYPE)

EXPERIMENTAL

Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy, Identity Exploration with Virtual Reality using Explore Your Meanings, and Geniotype characterization

Behavioral: Experimental: Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy, Identity, and Geniotype Exploration (HIP+EYME+GENIOTYPE)

Interventions

Experimental: Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy and Identity Exploration (HIP+EYME) BEHAVIORAL

Eight weekly, one-hour sessions based on HIP (including techniques such as analyzing transactions, recognizing ego states, script analysis, letter to my future self --10 years from now, psychoeducation on emotional intelligence, chair work with subpersonalities, fearful scene work, imaginal work with the life project) and the immersive exploration of personal identity using EYME.

Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy and Identity Exploration (HIP+EYME)

Experimental: Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy, Identity, and Geniotype Exploration (HIP+EYME+GENIOTYPE) BEHAVIORAL

Eight weekly, one-hour sessions based on HIP (including techniques such as analyzing transactions, recognizing ego states, script analysis, letter to my future self --10 years from now, psychoeducation on emotional intelligence, chair work with subpersonalities, fearful scene work, imaginal work with the life project) and the immersive exploration of personal identity using EYME. Also, participants will answer the Geniotype questionnaire and the results will be worked with the adolescents.

Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy, Identity, and Geniotype Exploration (HIP+EYME+GENIOTYPE)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Be a teenager between the ages of 14 and 18 (both included) and be in school.

You may not qualify if:

• Diagnosis of mental disorder in the last year.
• Active psychological or psychiatric treatment at the time of the investigation or less than 6 months before.
• Suicidal ideation and/or self-harm.
• Recently experienced bullying or intimidation (within the last 6 months).
• Habitual consumption of drugs of abuse (chemical substances of various origins consumed for non-therapeutic purposes).
• Insufficient level of proficiency in Spanish or Catalan.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Besai: lead
• University of Barcelona: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Centre Besai

Barcelona, Catalonia, 08007, Spain

RECRUITING

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Personal Satisfaction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Maria Beltrán, BS Psych

  Centre Besai

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Maria Beltrán, BS Psych

CONTACT

0034678800836; centrebesai@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: This is a randomized clinical trial comparing two psychosocial interventions with a control group (waiting list).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 5, 2024
• First Posted: June 25, 2024
• Study Start: November 5, 2024
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2025
• Study Completion: December 30, 2025
• Last Updated: November 18, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

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