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LEAdership, Personal Growth, and Social Responsibility (LEAPS): A Randomised controlled trial on a character development intervention for Adolescents in schools in the Gampaha district

LEAdership, Personal Growth, and Social Responsibility (LEAPS): A Character Development Intervention for Early Adolescents in Schools in Gampaha District: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
SLCTR
Registry ID
SLCTR/2020/016
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2020-06-25
Start date
2020-08-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

Character

Interventions

The stratified randomisation technique would be used for this cluster randomised controlled trial The stratum is decided according to the functional grading of schools by the Ministry of Education in

Sponsors

Templeton World Charity Foundation
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: A grade 7, 8 or 9 student of a Sinhala medium school in the District of Gampaha in Sri Lanka

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Inability to use a web application even with support due to physical or psychological disability 2. Inability to comprehend written Sinhalese 3. Schools without computer facilities for school students

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pre and post test assessment using 48 single best answer type questions targeting the six core virtues and 24 character strengths [At baseline and 12 months from the start of the intervention ]

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
None []

Countries

Sri Lanka

Contacts

Public ContactDr Miyuru Chandradasa

Senior Lecturer/Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

miyuruc@kln.ac.lk0112961000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: SLCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026