Comparing General Psychotherapy to Personalized Life-Skills Interventions: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Comparing General Psychotherapy to Personalized Life-Skills Interventions: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenyan High Schools

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202405681267192

Enrollment

1576

Registered

2024-05-08

Start date

2024-05-13

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Shamiri Intervention

Life Skills Intervention

Life Skills and Shamiri Intervention

Enhanced treatment as usual control group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: -High school student in one of the selected schools between the ages of 12 and 21

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: -If a particular student is repeatedly unkind or disruptive, peer group leaders will ask that student to stop attending sessions -We will not exclude participants from the peer groups for any reasons other than the capacity of the peer groups.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Changes in self-reported depression symptoms as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire - 8;Changes in self-reported anxiety symptoms, measured by the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Changes in the mental well-being of participants measured by the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS);Changes in perceived social support, as measured by the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, 8 items;Changes in participants perceived control over themselves and their lives, measured by the Perceived Control Scale for Children. 24 items related to beliefs about personal control, specifically, the belief that one can obtain desired outcomes and avoid undesired outcomes through effort.;Self-report survey measuring perception of financial control to assess spending habits and activities. 4 items measured on a 5 point Likert type scale.;Changes in average academic grade from school-term before participation to school-term after participation, as measured by the average grade achieved by student across all enrolled students. As participants will be students from various classes and in various schools, student average grades will be rescaled, a mean of 60 and SD of 10 will be used in rescaling.;A feedback scale will be used to assess participant's feedback about the program. The measure includes questions for participants about the interventions they participated in (e.g., which sessions they thought were most helpful). The measure also seeks other suggestions from participants about how the program can be improved for future implementation	—

Measure

Time frame

Changes in the mental well-being of participants measured by the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS);Changes in perceived social support, as measured by the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, 8 items;Changes in participants perceived control over themselves and their lives, measured by the Perceived Control Scale for Children. 24 items related to beliefs about personal control, specifically, the belief that one can obtain desired outcomes and avoid undesired outcomes through effort.;Self-report survey measuring perception of financial control to assess spending habits and activities. 4 items measured on a 5 point Likert type scale.;Changes in average academic grade from school-term before participation to school-term after participation, as measured by the average grade achieved by student across all enrolled students. As participants will be students from various classes and in various schools, student average grades will be rescaled, a mean of 60 and SD of 10 will be used in rescaling.;A feedback scale will be used to assess participant's feedback about the program. The measure includes questions for participants about the interventions they participated in (e.g., which sessions they thought were most helpful). The measure also seeks other suggestions from participants about how the program can be improved for future implementation

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Countries

Kenya

Contacts

Public ContactKatherine Venturo Conerly

Scientific Director

kventuroconerly@g.harvard.edu6099540542

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026