#KindGirlsInACTion: A Programme for the Promotion of Mental Health of Female Adolescents

#KindGirlsInACTion: A School-based Intervention to Promote Compassive Competences and Psychological Flexibility in Female Adolescents

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05149066

Acronym

KindGirlsACT

Enrollment

120

Registered

2021-12-08

Start date

2017-09-01

Completion date

2021-09-01

Last updated

2021-12-08

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Conditions

Body Image, Eating Behavior, Eating Disorders, Emotion Regulation, Psychological, Quality of Life, Relations, Interpersonal

Keywords

Intervention Programme, School-based, Adolescence, Girls, Psychological well-being, Compassion, Psychological flexibility, Positive body image

Brief summary

The #KindGirlsInACTion project started in 2017 and developed and implemented a psychotherapeutic intervention program in Portuguese female adolescents. This program aimed to improve the overall quality of life and well-being of the participants, and specifically to promote a qualitative improvement in body image and interpersonal relationships, through the promotion of self-compassion, compassion and psychological flexibility. #KindGirlsInACTion is a school-based program, with 9 sessions over 9 weeks. It is essentially practical and interactive, with exercises created specifically for the program, as well as the regular practice of mindfulness.

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL#KindGirlsInACTion

9-session weekly cognitive-behavioural intervention to promote psychological well-being and prevent body image and eating-related disordered behaviours.

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

12 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* being a female adolescent; * being aged between 12 and 18; * being a part of a classroome with immediate availability to attend the sessions.

Exclusion criteria

* Having a clinical condition that could compromise the completion of self-report questionnaires; * Having a significant score on screening measures administered pre-intervention.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Psychological Well-being	5 months	Kidscreen-27
Psychological Wel--being	Baseline	Kidscreen-27

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Eating Disorders	Baseline	Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, EDE-Q
Positive body image	Baseline	Body Appreciation Scale, BAS-2
Social safeness	Baseline	Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale, SSPS
Body image shame	Baseline	Body Image Shame Scale, BISS

Countries

Portugal

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026