Emotional distress in the general adolescent population and mild-to-moderate depression, anxiety and other disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention Group:Intervention group: Participants receive traditional Chinese culture-based psychological intervention courses covering core modules including Doctrine of the Mean Thinking Training,
Control group:Control group: Participants receive routine mental health education courses (including general content such as basic emotional management, common stress coping knowledge, and interperson
Sponsors
Zhejiang University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
12 Years to 24 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 12-24 years old and currently enrolled as a primary/secondary school or college student. 2. For general adolescents: scores of both the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9, depression screening scale) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7, anxiety screening scale) are <10; for those with mild-to-moderate emotional disorders: PHQ-9 score ranges from 10 to 19 and GAD-7 score ranges from 10 to 14. 3. No history of other psychological interventions (including medication intervention, psychological counseling, etc.). 4. Voluntarily participate in this study; subjects under 18 years old must obtain guardians' informed consent and sign the informed consent form jointly with guardians. 5. Possess basic comprehension and communication abilities, and be able to cooperate in completing scale filling, intervention course participation and relevant tests (e.g., EEG, salivary cortisol test).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Suffering from severe emotional disorders (PHQ-9 score =20, GAD-7 score =15) or other severe mental illnesses. 2. Having severe physical diseases (e.g., severe cardio-cerebrovascular diseases, nervous system diseases, etc.), cognitive impairment or intellectual developmental delay. 3. Having participated in other psychological intervention studies or received professional psychotherapy in the past 3 months. 4. Having a history of substance abuse, alcohol dependence, or other unhealthy living habits that may affect the research results. 5. Unable to cooperate with the full-course intervention, data collection and relevant tests of the study, or other circumstances deemed inappropriate for participation by researchers.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Degree of improvement in depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 score); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Degree of improvement in anxiety symptoms (GAD-7 score);Emotional regulation ability;Electroencephalogram (EEG) activity indicators (such as alpha wave, beta wave power, etc.;Emotional stress level (salivary cortisol concentration);Behavioral performance and intervention compliance; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactCheng Hongyu
Zhejiang University
Outcome results
None listed