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Can a school-based Roots of Empathy programme help Y5 pupils improve their mental health, increase their empathy and their prosocial behaviour, before they move to secondary school?

Nurturing Empathy before Transition in Y5 pupils. A randomised controlled trial to explore whether the Roots of Empathy programme for Y5 pupils improves their mental health, increases their empathy and increases their prosocial behaviour, in comparison to control schools

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN98490275
Enrollment
4200
Registered
2022-10-14
Start date
2022-04-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-10-24

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Conditions

Mental health, empathy and prosocial behaviour in Y5 pupils Not Applicable

Interventions

Roots of Empathy will be training a member of school staff to deliver their programme for the NEBT project. The Roots of Empathy (RoE) programme consists of 27 sessions, consisting of 3 per month with

Sponsors

Sheffield Hallam University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: School level: 1. Primary school 2. In Yorkshire, Merseyside, the Midlands (East and West) and Greater London 3. 21% or more FSM/PP

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: School level: 1. Prior experience of the RoE programme 2. Private schools, special schools or PRU

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Mental health measured using the Me and My Feelings questionnaire (Deighton et al., 2012) at baseline and endline (10-11 months)—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Mental health measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Goodman, 2001) at baseline and endline (10-11 months) 2. Empathy measured using the Basic Empathy Scale (BES) (Joliffe et al., 2006) at baseline and endline (10-11 months)—

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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