The effects of a salutogenic, occupationally based resiliency and mental wellbeing program (The Boomerang Effect Program) in school students and teachers.

The effectiveness of the Boomerang Effect Program on the resiliency and mental wellbeing of students and teachers.

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12614000822684

Enrollment

280

Registered

2014-08-01

Start date

2014-08-06

Completion date

2018-05-21

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to look at the effects of a resiliency and well-being program (Boomerang Effect program), that is being taught to high schools students. The study also looks at the effects of the different skills that are taught such as positivity, motivation, mindfulness, emotional management and other resiliency skills. We expect that the students who are taught the skills will show improvements in their resiliency, well-being and a range of coping skills.

Interventions

The Boomerang Effect program is a 2 year comprehensive program aimed at developing a range of skills that contribute to resilience and potentially contribute to mental health prevention. The 8 intervention modules are: 1. Positivity 2. Motivation and Best Self 3. Mindfulness 4. Emotion Management 5. Other resiliency skills 6. World Skills 7. Work ethic & Organisation 8. Optimal Environment. The program is flexible and can be delivered as 1-2 longer classes per week or 3 to 5 shorter 10-20 min classes delivered in 'home room' or assembly. Teachers will be teaching the program. Key teachers at each school attend a one off 1 day face-to-face training program with Boomerang Effect developers. These key teachers provide train the trainer sessions for other teachers on staff at their schools.

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

11 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Students that are taught the program will be invited to participate in the study. Students in comparison schools will be invited to participate in the study. Teachers that are teaching the program will be invited to participate in the study. Teachers in comparison schools will be invited to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

No specific exclusion criteria

Outcome results