Improving School Climate and Children's Well-being Through the Life Skills "Feel Good" Intervention in French Schools: A Controlled Before-and-After Study

NCT07804940 | Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: Université Paris Cité, InsermIReSP-AAP SIP 2024 - 345601
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,500
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Life skills are major determinants of health that can be influenced through health promotion initiatives. Numerous educational interventions exist to foster the development of life skills. However, few interventions have been validated in France. The Feel Good program has been implemented for six years by CRIPS Île-de-France, particularly to address these public health challenges related to promoting children's health. Its goal is to improve life skills and the school climate among children in the 4th and 5th grades (CM1 and CM2). A playful, interactive, and recurring approach to developing PSS at school is expected to effectively promote a positive school climate and enhance children's well-being at school. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based life skills development program in improving school climate and children's well-being, through a before-after, here-elsewhere (control group) design. This action-research project adopts an interdisciplinary approach and will use mixed methods to evaluate the intervention. Three components are planned: 1) the study of implementation, 2) the effectiveness evaluation (main objective), and 3) the development of recommendations for the development and evaluation of such interventions. A theoretical model of change has been developed for the effectiveness study, aligned with process data. The project has received ethical and regulatory approvals (UPC and Inserm), and a pilot study has already been conducted. The expected outcomes include scientific knowledge on the validity of health promotion programs based on the development of life skills for children. The project also aims to develop research methodologies for evaluating health promotion interventions (evidence-based data) and to establish recommendations (replicability), as well as for other themes or populations (transferability).

Conditions

Child Behavior; Life Skill Development; School Health; School; Mental Health; Children; Life Skills

Keywords

Children; Well being; School; Life skills; Comparative study

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Life skills

  Life skills measured by Psychosocial Skills Measurement Scale For the Psychosocial Skills Measurement Scale developed by Tessier, no validated universal cut-off scores have been established to classify psychosocial skills as low, moderate, or high. Scores are therefore interpreted continuously, with higher scores generally indicating a more frequent use or stronger expression of the psychosocial skills assessed.

  Day 1 of participation (just before the start of the intervention); 2 weeks after the end of the intervention (intervention duration = 2 months); 6 months after the intervention.

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Well-being at school

  Day 1 of participation (just before the start of the intervention); 2 weeks after the end of the intervention (intervention duration = 2 months); 6 months after the intervention.

• School climate

  Day 1 of participation (just before the start of the intervention); 2 weeks after the end of the intervention (intervention duration = 2 months); 6 months after the intervention.

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Group receiving life skills development intervention

Behavioral: FEEL GOOD

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Group that does not receive life skills development intervention

Interventions

FEEL GOOD BEHAVIORAL

The Feel Good intervention has been implemented for 6 years with a child population. The intervention is based on a validated intervention : the Well-Being and School Climate program (BECS). It is built on scientific contributions from Positive Psychology research, tested and validated in several United Kingdom schools. Ten 1-hour sessions are conducted with 4th and 5th grade children, with themed sessions such as: Developing strengths and observing the diversity of strengths in class / Learning and applying principles of empathetic listening to improve social relationships / Identifying emotions and exploring their role. Sessions are co-facilitated by a CRIPS facilitator and a trained teacher. Three parent workshops are offered.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children enrolled in grades 4 or 5 during the 2025-2026 school year who will participate in the Feel Good intervention (for pre- and post-program implementation)
• Children who are able to read and answer the questions on the questionnaire
• French-speaking children.

You may not qualify if:

• Children not enrolled in grades 4 or 5 during the 2025-2026 school year who will participate in the Feel Good intervention (for pre- and post-program assessments)
• Children who are not able to read and answer the questions on the questionnaire
• Non French-speaking children.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Université Paris Cité: lead
• INSERM U1123 ECEVE: collaborator
• APHP Robert Debré Public health department: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

CRIPS Ile-de-France

Paris, France

RECRUITING

Related Links

• Feel Good Intervention description

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Child Behavior; Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Personal Satisfaction

Study Officials

• Philippe MARTIN, PhD Public Health

  Université Paris Cité, Inserm

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Philippe MARTIN, PhD Public Health

CONTACT

+33676606491; philippe.martin@inserm.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Public health researcher

Model Details: Before-after, here-elsewhere (control group) design

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 18, 2026
• First Posted: September 4, 2026
• Study Start: January 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2027
• Last Updated: September 4, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-08

Locations

FR (1)