Primary Prevention
Conditions
Keywords
resilience, prevention program, body image, self esteem
Brief summary
The study was a group randomized controlled trial. Within each school Classes of high school students were allocated by randomization to the intervention or control group by a function Randomization in Excel program. Outcomes were measured by questionnaire at pre- intervention, post-intervention and 3-month follow-up. The study protocol was approved by Tel Hai college institutional review board. Parents of all participants, in the intervention and in the control group, received information about the program and the study and were choose whether to provided informed consent or not.
Detailed description
Participants and setting Two high schools were recruited for the study, in each school classes from grades 9th and 10th were chosen to participate in the study all mixed gender classes. The two high schools are in northern Israel, one in a rural area and the second in a small city, both serving the Jewish population. The size of the schools were similar. All data were collected within the school setting. Program description Towards a more resilient self is an interactive, cognitive behavior program aiming to address low resilience, low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction. The program contains a range of coping strategies to help adolescents improve resilience, self-esteem and body image. The program consists of nine 90-min sessions delivered by one group leader in the presence of the classes' teachers. Participants in the control group received one session of 90 minutes with health nutrition education.
Interventions
OTHERprogram In Favor of Resilience Self
A prevention program aiming at improve self-resilience ,self-esteem and body image, contains nine interactive activities, based on a cognitive dissonance method.
Sponsors
Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Tel Hai College
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
14 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Participants who filled out the questionnaires before and after the program, and if their parents have signed a letter of agreement
Exclusion criteria
* Participants who do not completed the questionnaires at least twice
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) | Measured three times during six months, measuring a change in resilience scale | The CD-RISC contains 25 items, all of which carry a 5-point range of responses, as follows: not true at all (0), rarely true (1), sometimes true (2), often true (3), and true nearly all of the time (4). The scale is rated based on how the subject has felt over the past month. The total score ranges from 0-100, with higher scores reflecting greater resilience. Examples of questions: Able to adapt to change, Think of self as strong person |
| Rosenberg self esteem scale | Measured three times during six months, measuring a change in rosenberg self esteem scale | The scale is a ten item Likert scale with items answered on a four point scale - from strongly agree- (3), agree (2), disagree (1), strongly disagree (0). The total score ranges from 0-30 The higher the score, the higher the self esteem. to strongly disagree. |
Outcome results
None listed