Mental health and wellbeing in secondary school students Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
This study is a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The six participating schools provide a list of Year Eight classes to the researcher, and from this list cluster-randomisation is used to allocate
Sponsors
Cardiff University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants must be enrolled in a Year Eight class of one of the participating secondary schools.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: No exclusion criteria, all students in the two identified year 8 classes are eligible to participate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Wellbeing, measured by the Short Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale at three timepoints (pre-intervention, post-intervention and a six-week follow up). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Anxiety and Depression measured using Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS-25) at three timepoints (pre-intervention, post-intervention and a six-week follow up) 2. Stress measured by Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4) at three timepoints (pre-intervention, post-intervention and a six-week follow up) 3. Mindfulness measured by Child Acceptance and Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) at three timepoints (pre-intervention, post-intervention and a six-week follow up) | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactLaura Knight
Outcome results
None listed