Stress Burnout
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Interventiongroup: Participation in the training "Indizierte Stressprävention:
Eine Akzeptanz- und Commitment-Therapiegruppe mit Jugendlichen" (engl.: "Indicated stress prevention: An Accepta
Werner, Kellenbenz & Kaess, 2017, unpublished manual): 8 units lasting 90 minutes each within 10 weeks. Each group consists of a maximum number of 10 participants and is led by two psychologists.
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Sponsors
Sektion für translationale Psychobiologie in der Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
13 Years to 18 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Students attending year 8 to 12 at regular schools in the Rhine-Neckar-Region; increased level of stress (rawscore of 8 or higher in the Perceived Stress Scale-4 (Cohen et al., 1983). Only for the analysis of hair cortisol: Hair length at least 3 cm.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Current severe psychological disorder (Schizophrenia, Severe Major Depression, Borderline-Personality-Disorder), current psychotherapeutical treatment. For the analyis of hair cortisol (no requirement for the participation in the study in general): ingestion of drugs containing glucocorticoid or psychiatric drugs, pregnancy, endocrinologic or neurologic deseases. For the examination of the heart rate variability: cardiac arrhythmia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Perceived stress measured via Perceived Stress Scale 10 (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983) at t1 (Postline), which is collected within four weeks after the end of the training of the intervention-group. The control-group did not receive training yet at this time. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Momentary perceived stress compared between intervention group and control group at the postline data collection. Symptoms associated with stress compared between intervention group and control group at the postline data collection measured by the School Burnout Inventory (Salmela-Aro, Kiuru, Leskinen & Nurmi, 2009) at the postline data collection. Hair cortisol and heart rate variability compared between intervention group and control group at the postline data collection. Physical symptoms caused by stress measured by the Children´s Somatization Inventory (Walker, Beck, Garber, & Lambert, 2009) compared between intervention group and control group at the postline data collection. Psychological flexibility Children´s Somatization Inventory (Walker, Beck, Garber, & Lambert, 2009) measured by the Acceptance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth (Greco, Lambert, & Baer, 2008) at the postline data collection. Health-related quality of life measured by KIDSCEEN-10 (Ravens-Sieberer et al., 2005) at the postline data collection. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactFranziska Binder
Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Outcome results
None listed