Psychosocial wellbeing Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
School-based psychosocial interventions aim to meet adolescents’ mental health and developmental needs. The In-service Teacher Training (INSETT) represents a universal and mental health promoting inte
Sponsors
Tampere University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The participating schools were recruited based on three criteria: 1. Voluntariness i.e., based on advertised information school authorities expressed their needs and willingness to participate in interventions 2. A considerable share of refugee and immigrant background pupils in secondary school classes (13–15-year-olds), estimated as 30–50% in classes 3. The school accepted to serve as a waiting-list school until the next school year. Additional recruitment was targeted to schools locating near asylum-seeker centers Inclusion criteria for INSETT schools: 1. Must be multi-ethnic secondary schools that have grades 7–9 and preparatory classes for newcomer adolescents 2. Must have an interest in participating in the psychosocial school interventions Inclusion criteria for teachers: Teacher consents to participation Inclusion criteria for adolescents who receive TRT: 1. Adolescent self-consents to participate 2. CRIES-8 score = 17 3. Participation in TRT group recommended by TRT-trained student welfare professional Inclusion criteria for parents/guardians: 1. Parent/guardian consents to participation 2. Parent/guardian has a child who receives TRT Inclusion criteria for adolescents not receiving TRT: Adolescent self-consents to participate Inclusion criteria for PIER schools: 1. Must be multi-ethnic secondary schools that have grades 7–9 2. Must have an interest in participating in the psychosocial school interventions Inclusion criteria for adolescents receiving PIER: Adolescent self-consents to participate
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measured at baseline, after the intervention, and at follow up. 1. Psychological distress and prosocial behavior measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) 2. Positive development and resilience: Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-12) 3. PTSD symptoms: Children's Revised Impact of Events Scale (CRIES-8) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Self-report questionnaires (multi-lingual) completed by all participating adolescents: 1.1. Sociodemographic factors: gender, age, country of birth, migration status, time in host country and family composition 1.2. Experience of the number of stressors in daily life: Daily Stressors questionnaire (DSSYR; Vervliet) 1.3. Social Support: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support 1.4. Wellbeing: item developed for this study. 1.5. Existence of interethnic friendships and Satisfaction on friendships: items developed for this study. 1.6. Discrimination: The Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Questionnaire Community Version (PEDQ-CV) 1.7. Academic achievement / Executive functions: The Amsterdam Executive Function Inventory (AEFI) 1.8. School Belonging: The psychological sense of school membership among adolescents (PSSM) 2. Questionnaires completed by the teachers: 2.1. Background factors: sex, age, teaching background, number of students. 2.2. Multicultural awareness and understanding: Teacher Multicultural Attitude Scale (TMAS) 2.3. Teachers' self-efficacy: Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) 2.4. Stress symptoms: Single item stress index 2.5. Work exhaustion/burnout: Bergen burnout inventory 2.6. Work engagement (vigour, dedication, absorption) : Utrecht work engagement scale (UWES) 2.7. Teacher-parent collaboration: Trust Scale (TS) 2.8. Classroom atmosphere: Items from a school intervention study 3. Questionnaires (multi-lingual) will be completed by parents of the participating adolescents: 3.1. Sociodemographic factors: sex, age, marital status, number of children, employment, education, income, time in host country, migration status, reason for migr | — |
Countries
Finland
Contacts
Public ContactRaija-Leena Punamäki
Outcome results
None listed