KindGirlsACT: #KindGirlsInACTion: A Programme for the Promotion of Mental Health of Female Adolescents

Sponsor

University of Coimbra (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT05149066

Collaborator

Joana Marta-Simões (Other)

120

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Actual Duration (Months)

2.5

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The #KindGirlsInACTion project started in 2017 and developed and implemented a psychotherapeutic intervention program in Portuguese female adolescents. This program aimed to improve the overall quality of life and well-being of the participants, and specifically to promote a qualitative improvement in body image and interpersonal relationships, through the promotion of self-compassion, compassion and psychological flexibility. #KindGirlsInACTion is a school-based program, with 9 sessions over 9 weeks. It is essentially practical and interactive, with exercises created specifically for the program, as well as the regular practice of mindfulness.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Quality of Life Eating Disorders Eating Behavior Psychological Emotion Regulation Body Image Relations, Interpersonal	Behavioral: #KindGirlsInACTion	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

120 participants

Allocation:

Non-Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

#KindGirlsInACTion: A School-based Intervention to Promote Compassive Competences and Psychological Flexibility in Female Adolescents

Actual Study Start Date :

Sep 1, 2017

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Feb 28, 2020

Actual Study Completion Date :

Sep 1, 2021

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Experimental group The experimental group was administered a 9-sessions weekly programme in the school context. It completed three assessment moments: pre-intervention, post-intervention and a 3-months after the intervention follow-up.	Behavioral: #KindGirlsInACTion 9-session weekly cognitive-behavioural intervention to promote psychological well-being and prevent body image and eating-related disordered behaviours.
No Intervention: Control group The control group did not receive any intervention. It completed three assessment moments: pre-intervention, post-intervention and a 3-months after the intervention follow-up.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Experimental group

The experimental group was administered a 9-sessions weekly programme in the school context. It completed three assessment moments: pre-intervention, post-intervention and a 3-months after the intervention follow-up.

Behavioral: #KindGirlsInACTion

9-session weekly cognitive-behavioural intervention to promote psychological well-being and prevent body image and eating-related disordered behaviours.

No Intervention: Control group

The control group did not receive any intervention. It completed three assessment moments: pre-intervention, post-intervention and a 3-months after the intervention follow-up.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Psychological Well-being [5 months]
Kidscreen-27
Psychological Well-being [3 months]
Kidscreen-27
Psychological Wel--being [Baseline]
Kidscreen-27

Secondary Outcome Measures

Eating Disorders [Baseline]
Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, EDE-Q
Eating Disorders [3 months]
Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, EDE-Q
Eating Disorders [5 months]
Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, EDE-Q
Positive body image [Baseline]
Body Appreciation Scale, BAS-2
Positive body image [3 months]
Body Appreciation Scale, BAS-2
Positive body image [5 months]
Body Appreciation Scale, BAS-2
Social safeness [Baseline]
Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale, SSPS
Social safeness [3 months]
Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale, SSPS
Social safeness [5 months]
Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale, SSPS
Body image shame [Baseline]
Body Image Shame Scale, BISS
Body image shame [3 months]
Body Image Shame Scale, BISS
Body image shame [5 months]
Body Image Shame Scale, BISS

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

12 Years to 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

being a female adolescent;
being aged between 12 and 18;
being a part of a classroome with immediate availability to attend the sessions.

Exclusion Criteria:

Having a clinical condition that could compromise the completion of self-report questionnaires;
Having a significant score on screening measures administered pre-intervention.