None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The current randomised control trial (RCT) aims to investigate the impact of a single session online intervention aiming to reduce self-harm cognitions and behaviours in young adults aged 18-25. The online intervention (Project SAVE: Stopping Adolescent Violence Everywhere; Dobias et al., 2021) has been previously evaluated with adolescents in the United States, whereby participants are invited to take part in a 30-minute self-administered psychoeducation intervention presented online using Qualtrics software. The online intervention aims to normalise and de-stigmatise feelings of self-hatred and aims to empower young adults to select alternative coping strategies in the face of self-hatred. Participants are randomised to either receive the project SAVE intervention or an alternative online single session intervention called “Share your feelings”, which is a 30-minute self-administered program that uses components of supportive therapy to encourage feelings sharing (Dobias et al., 2021). The current study aims to expand on previous work conducted with adolescents to investigate the impact of project SAVE on decreasing the frequency and likelihood of non-suicidal self-injurious behaviours in young adults, who either report previous month self-harm behaviours and/or cognitions.
Interventions
Participants will be randomised to receive one of two brief 30-minute online single session interventions delivered through the Qualtrics survey software in a Power Point format. Participants will be able to engage with psychoeducational material by engaging in written activities, self-reflection exercises and providing their own feedback and sharing their experiences.
Participants in the intervention group will receive Project SAVE (Stopping Adolescent Violence Everywhere; Dobias et al., 2021)
Participants will be randomised to receive one of two brief 30-minute online single session interventions delivered through the Qualtrics survey software in a Power Point format. Participants will be able to engage with psychoeducational material by engaging in written activities, self-reflection exercises and providing their own feedback and sharing their experiences. Participants in the intervention group will receive Project SAVE (Stopping Adolescent Violence Everywhere; Dobias et al., 2021) intervention, which focuses on normalising and de-stigmatising feelings of self hatred wit the aim of empowering young adults to select alternative coping strategies in the face of self-hatred. Alternative coping strategies discussed include Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) distress tolerance skills. Participants adherence to the intervention will be monitored using website analytics, which will be derived from the Qualtrics software.
Sponsors
Flinders University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria include being aged 18-25, endorsing past month non-suicidal self-injurious (NSSI) thoughts or behaviour
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria includes suicide attempt in the previous month, diagnosis of bipolar disorder or psychosis. This exclusion criteria were chosen to ensure that the research team can safely manage trial participation
Outcome results
None listed