None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study is a pilot study as part of the development of Bite Back, an online positive psychology intervention for young people. The Study seeks to understand the effectiveness and useability of Bite Back in a group of young people aged 12 to 18 years from both a community sample and a high school sample. In the community sample, participants are encouraged to use the program at their leisure, while in the schools sample, the website is used in a structured format with the aid of a workbook. Participants are randomly allocated to either the experimental condition (Bite Back) or the control condition (neutral websites). It is hypothesised that the experimental conditions will demonstrate increased wellbeing at the end of the trial period in comparison to the control condition.
Interventions
Two different samples - a community and a schools sample. In the community sample, participants are instructed to use the site www.biteback.org.au for 1 hour per week for a period of 6 weeks. The website is built around 9 domains: gratitude, social relationships, flow, mindfulness, kindness, character strengths, hope, optimism, and healthy lifestyles. Website includes interviews, videos, interactive activities, meditation tracks, and information. In the community sample, participants are given t
Two different samples - a community and a schools sample. In the community sample, participants are instructed to use the site www.biteback.org.au for 1 hour per week for a period of 6 weeks. The website is built around 9 domains: gratitude, social relationships, flow, mindfulness, kindness, character strengths, hope, optimism, and healthy lifestyles. Website includes interviews, videos, interactive activities, meditation tracks, and information. In the community sample, participants are given the choice of two neutral websites, 'ABC3' and 'The Fix'. Reminders to use the website are sent weekly. In the schools sample, participating classes of students are given individual workbooks which students work through during their class time. The workbooks contain reflective questions, instructions, and links to follow which guide them through the Biteback website. In the schools sample, the control group are given workbooks that contains reflective questions, instructions, and links to a variety of neutral websites, ABC, AYCC, NRDC, WWF, Wikipedia, IMDB, and world youth news. Students will use the program for a total of 6 hours over a period of approximately 6 weeks.
Sponsors
Black Dog Institute
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
12 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Aged 12 to 18 years and living in Australia.
Exclusion criteria
Nil
Outcome results
None listed