The online intervention The Growth Factory: developing a ‘growth mindset’!

A randomized control trial of the online intervention The Growth Factory for youth with intellectual and/or physical disability: the impact on mindset, empowerment, self-worth, internalizing and externalizing problems, motivation, therapeutic alliance, willpower and social exclusion.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON27575

Enrollment

120

Registered

2015-10-02

Start date

2015-10-12

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Intellectual disabilities - verstandelijke beperking Physical disabilities - lichamelijke beperking Mindset Empowerment Self-worth - zelfwaardering Behavioral problems - gedragsproblemen Motivation - motivatie Therapeutic alliance - therapeutische relatie Willpower - wilskracht Social exclusion - sociale uitsluiting

Interventions

The online intervention The Growth Factory is based on the scientific research on the incremental theory by Caroll Dweck and David Yeager. Implicit theories about intelligence and personality form the

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Participants attend a special school for students with learning disabilities and physical disabilities or stay within a residential care organisation. - Participants are 12-23 years - Participants and parental consent are required

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Participant experiences extreme aggressive behavior. - Participant experiences acute severe psychological problems.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mindset (Mindset Questionnaire (MQ), Verberg et al, in preparation).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Empowerment (Empowerment vragenlijst (EMPO), Damen & Veerman, 2011). - Self-worth (Rosenberg self-esteem scale, Greenberger et al., 2003). - Internalizing and externalizing problems (Brief Problem Monitor (BPM-Y), Achenbach et al., 2011). - Motivation (Motivation for Youth’s Treatment Scale (MYTS), Breda & Riemer, 2012). - Therapeutic alliance (Therapeutic Alliance Scale Adolescents Revised (TASC-r), Shirk et al., 2008). - Willpower (Unresolvable Maze, Verberg et al., in preparation). - Social exclusion (Cyberball, Williams & Jarvis, 2006).	—

Measure

Time frame

- Empowerment (Empowerment vragenlijst (EMPO), Damen & Veerman, 2011). - Self-worth (Rosenberg self-esteem scale, Greenberger et al., 2003). - Internalizing and externalizing problems (Brief Problem Monitor (BPM-Y), Achenbach et al., 2011). - Motivation (Motivation for Youth’s Treatment Scale (MYTS), Breda & Riemer, 2012). - Therapeutic alliance (Therapeutic Alliance Scale Adolescents Revised (TASC-r), Shirk et al., 2008). - Willpower (Unresolvable Maze, Verberg et al., in preparation). - Social exclusion (Cyberball, Williams & Jarvis, 2006).

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Contacts

Public ContactF. Verberg

Pluryn Research & Development Postbus 53 6500 AB Nijmegen

fverberg@pluryn.nl

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)