Resilience and positive mental health in Suriname

The effects of a cultural sensitive resilience program on healthy employees in Paramaribo, Suriname

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON23573

Enrollment

154

Registered

2016-12-21

Start date

2017-03-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

resilience, positive mental health, work engagement, healthy employees in Paramaribo, Suriname veerkracht, positieve mentale gezondheid, bevlogenheid onder gezonde werknemers in Paramaribo, Suriname

Interventions

A cultural sensitive multi component positive psychology program aimed at increasing resilience. Program consists of 6 weekly 2 hour sessions.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: i) participants belong to the age range: 18-60 years; ii) participants have at least finished secondary school (MULO); iii) participants have sufficient knowledge of the Dutch language to fill out the questionnaires and read the provided manual; iv) participants have a full-time employment; v) participant are willing to follow a 6 week program that consist of one weekly two hour training session, and addition recommended homework exercises during the intervention period; vi) participants give permission to participate in a research study through a signed informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: employees with a history of medical or psychological problems

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome measure for this study is resilience. It will be assessed by means of the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Positive Mental Health: this construct will measured by the Dutch version of Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) Depression, Anxiety, Stress: these constructs will be measured by the Dutch version of the Depression Anxiety Strests Scale (DASS-21) Work Engagement: this construct will be measured with the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES), a 17 item scale measuring the dimensions vitality, commitment and absorption Financial distress: this will be measured with the InCharge Financial Distress/Financial Well-Being Scale (IFDFW), an 8 item scale that measures financial well-being Flexibility: this construct will be measured by the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II), a seven item questionnaire that measures psychological flexibility	—

Measure

Time frame

Positive Mental Health: this construct will measured by the Dutch version of Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) Depression, Anxiety, Stress: these constructs will be measured by the Dutch version of the Depression Anxiety Strests Scale (DASS-21) Work Engagement: this construct will be measured with the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES), a 17 item scale measuring the dimensions vitality, commitment and absorption Financial distress: this will be measured with the InCharge Financial Distress/Financial Well-Being Scale (IFDFW), an 8 item scale that measures financial well-being Flexibility: this construct will be measured by the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II), a seven item questionnaire that measures psychological flexibility

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Contacts

Public ContactTom Hendriks

Anton de Kom University of Suriname - Faculty of Social Sciences, department of Psychology

E-mail: tom.hendriks@uvs.eduTel: + 597 8939394

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)