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Conditions
Brief summary
This study is a single-blind three-arm randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of a telephone-delivered social well-being and engaged living (SWEL) intervention for improving the vocational, social and emotional functioning of disengaged youth.A total of 279 young people aged 12-25 years will be randomised to receive either (i) up to 8 sessions of SWEL, (ii) up to 8 sessions of Befriending (non-directive supportive contact), or (iii) Single-Session Psycho-Education. It is hypothesised that disengaged youth in the SWEL group will achieve significantly higher levels of reengagement in social, occupational and/or learning areas. It is also hypothesised that the SWEL group will achieve significantly better results on the secondary outcome variables of social and occupational functioning, social activity; perceived social self efficacy; sense of self; satisfaction with life; and relationship quality. The recruitment of participants will be conducted primarily through youth employment, educational and vocational training services in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia. Recruitment will also occur through self-referrals. SWEL and Befriending groups receive 8 weekly therapy calls lasting 20 to 50 minutes. Core components are delivered in the first 4 sessions to maximise impact early on, though participants are encouraged to complete all 8 sessions. Follow-up assessments occur 2, 8 and 14 months post-Baseline.
Interventions
This study is a single-blind three-arm randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of a telephone-delivered social well-being and engaged living (SWEL) intervention for improving the vocational, social and emotional functioning of disengaged youth.
Participants are randomized to receive either a 30-60min telephone session of Psychoeducation and Assessment Feedback, up to 8 weekly 30-60min sessions of Befriending, or up to 8 weekly 30-60min sessions of the Social Well-being and Engaged Liv
This study is a single-blind three-arm randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of a telephone-delivered social well-being and engaged living (SWEL) intervention for improving the vocational, social and emotional functioning of disengaged youth. Participants are randomized to receive either a 30-60min telephone session of Psychoeducation and Assessment Feedback, up to 8 weekly 30-60min sessions of Befriending, or up to 8 weekly 30-60min sessions of the Social Well-being and Engaged Living (SWEL) intervention. (i) SWEL is delivered in 30-60min telephone therapy calls for up to 8 weekly sessions. Sessions may be broken into two shorter calls per week if the participant prefers. Using the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) five areas framework the manual ensures a predominant focus on social functioning and includes modules on problem solving, self concept, behavioural activation, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Drug and alcohol use is addressed from a stepped care model. The core targets of the intervention are emotional self efficacy (affect regulation) and social self efficacy (problem solving, sense of self and interpersonal effectiveness). Core modules are delivered in the first four sessions to maximise impact early on. The intervention is delivered by provisionally and generally registered psychologists.
Sponsors
Queensland University of Technology
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
12 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
- Aged 12-25 years old - At risk of disengagement from education, training or employment (defined as non-attendance for at least 28 days in the previous 13 weeks)
Exclusion criteria
- Disengagement from school, work or other education of greater than 26 weeks - Severe intellectual disability (determined from case manager knowledge of the participant or based on observation of apparent cognitive capacity during the screening call) - Diagnosed psychotic disorder - High dependence on medical care that may impede ability to re-engage with education, training or work (e.g., severe mental illness requiring hospitalisation, severe physical disability). - Hearing impairment (assessed by case manager knowledge of the participant) - Acute suicidality (assessed during screening call) - Insufficient English to give informed consent (assessed by case manager on referral or by the research team during screening)
Outcome results
None listed