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Reading for mental health

Reading for mental health - LitMH

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00033881
Enrollment
1243
Registered
2024-06-28
Start date
2025-02-25
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-12-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Mental health, resilience

Interventions

Group 1: The research design is a randomized controlled trial with two groups. The participants will be students in 6th to 10th grade (mostly between the age of 11 and 16). Randomization takes place
suicide attempts, past medication or other therapy, depression, anxiety, self-efficacy, resilient coping skills, and cognitive behavioral (CBT) skills. In addition, identification with the protagonist
psychologically stressful events and any medication or other therapy started during the study period are recorded at T2 and T3. Furthermore, sociodemographic data (age, gender and country of birth) is

Sponsors

Medizinische Universität Wien
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Students with regular German lessons.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Reasons for living (as a measure of suicidal ideation) at T1, T2, and T3 (Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents--all subscales except the suicide-related concerns subscale)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
All of the following variables to be collected using questionnaires at T1, T2, and T3: suicide attempts according to Wasserman's SEYLE study ( 2015)-- at T1, we will ask a question about suicide attempts over the lifecourse (Have you ever made an attempt to take your own life?) . At T2, and T3, we will assess incident suicide attempts i.e. new suicide attempts during the periods T1 to T2 and T2 to T3, respectively. Further secondary outcomes: self-efficacy (Self Efficacy Scale); depressive Symptoms (PHQ-8); anxiety (GAD-7); Cognitive and Behavioral Response to Stress (CB-RSS); resilient coping skills (Brief Resilience Coping Scale).

Countries

Austria

Contacts

Public ContactThomas Niederkrotenthaler

Medizinische Universität Wien

thomas.niederkrotenthaler@meduniwien.ac.at+4314016034611

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026