A randomized controlled trial comparing school-based (Op Volle Kracht) and computerized (SPARX) depression prevention programs with adolescent girls.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON20445

Enrollment

200

Registered

2012-12-05

Start date

2012-12-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Depression, Prevention, Adolescents, Depressie, Preventie, Adolescenten.

Interventions

Girls with elevated depressive symptoms are randomly assigned to one of four conditions. 1. The first condition, 'Op Volle Kracht', will consist of the first 8 lessons of 50 minutes of the 'Op Volle

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adolescent girls in 7th and 8th grade, middle school (ages 12-14); 2. Informed consent from children and parents; 3. Elevated depressive symptoms. In line with other indicated prevention studies (see for a meta-analytic review Horowitz & Garber, 2009) and earlier studies with the SPARX (Fleming et al., 2012; Merry et al., 2012; Lucassen et al., in preparation) girls with a RADS-2 score of above the 70th percentile will be included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. No informed consent from children and parents; 2. Children with severe depressive score and suicidal ideation (score 3 on item 9 of the CDI); 3. Children currently receiving mental health care.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Depressive symptoms: Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale Second Edition (RADS-2).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Daily stressors. Daily stressors will be measured by asking adolescents if they experienced a negative event last week. Questions include what kind of event it was, who was involved in the event, what emotion(s) were most prominent during the event, what the intensity was of the emotion and if the stress from the event has been resolved or not; 2.. Motivation. Adapted version of the Autonomous and Controlled Motivations for Treatment Questionnaire (ACMTQ); 3. Cognitive coping. Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ); 4. Cognitive errors. Revised Children’s Negative Cognitive Errors Questionnaire (CNCEQ-R); 5. Active coping. Brief-COPE; 6. Self-efficacy. Self Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-C); 7. Hopefulness. General Positive Expectancies (GPE); 8. Theory of emotion. Implicit Theory of Emotion scale (ITE); 9. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS 21).	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Daily stressors. Daily stressors will be measured by asking adolescents if they experienced a negative event last week. Questions include what kind of event it was, who was involved in the event, what emotion(s) were most prominent during the event, what the intensity was of the emotion and if the stress from the event has been resolved or not; 2.. Motivation. Adapted version of the Autonomous and Controlled Motivations for Treatment Questionnaire (ACMTQ); 3. Cognitive coping. Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ); 4. Cognitive errors. Revised Children’s Negative Cognitive Errors Questionnaire (CNCEQ-R); 5. Active coping. Brief-COPE; 6. Self-efficacy. Self Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-C); 7. Hopefulness. General Positive Expectancies (GPE); 8. Theory of emotion. Implicit Theory of Emotion scale (ITE); 9. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS 21).

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Contacts

Public ContactMarlou Poppelaars

Behavioural Science Institute Montessorilaan 3

m.poppelaars@pwo.ru.nl+31 (0)24 3612551

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)