Prevention Program Promoting Self Resilience,Positive Self-Image and Body Image Among Adolescence Aged 15-17

May 7, 2017 updated by: shani aboutboul, Tel Hai College

"In Favor of Resilience Self" Prevention Program Promoting Positive Self-Image and Body Image Among Adolescence Aged 15-17

The study was a group randomized controlled trial. Within each school Classes of high school students were allocated by randomization to the intervention or control group by a function Randomization in Excel program. Outcomes were measured by questionnaire at pre- intervention, post-intervention and 3-month follow-up. The study protocol was approved by Tel Hai college institutional review board. Parents of all participants, in the intervention and in the control group, received information about the program and the study and were choose whether to provided informed consent or not.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Participants and setting Two high schools were recruited for the study, in each school classes from grades 9th and 10th were chosen to participate in the study all mixed gender classes. The two high schools are in northern Israel, one in a rural area and the second in a small city, both serving the Jewish population. The size of the schools were similar. All data were collected within the school setting.

Program description "Towards a more resilient self" is an interactive, cognitive behavior program aiming to address low resilience, low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction. The program contains a range of coping strategies to help adolescents improve resilience, self-esteem and body image. The program consists of nine 90-min sessions delivered by one group leader in the presence of the classes' teachers. Participants in the control group received one session of 90 minutes with health nutrition education.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

209

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years to 17 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants who filled out the questionnaires before and after the program, and if their parents have signed a letter of agreement

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants who do not completed the questionnaires at least twice

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: program "In Favor of Resilience Self"
The program "In Favor of Resilience Self" was delivered to adolescence aged 15-17, over 2 months. The program contained nine weekly, 90-min lessons that focus on enhancing self- resilience, self-esteem, self-image, body image. All students completed a self-report questionnaire at baseline, conclusion and 3 months after program conclusion.
Other: program "In Favor of Resilience Self"
A prevention program aiming at improve self-resilience ,self-esteem and body image, contains nine interactive activities, based on a cognitive dissonance method.
Other Names:
  • "In Favor of myself"
No Intervention: control group
The control group didn't receive the intervention program, instead they received a lecture on wised nutrition. In addition the control group completed the same self-report questionnaire as the intervention group at baseline, conclusion and 3 months after program.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)
Time Frame: Measured three times during six months, measuring a change in resilience scale
The CD-RISC contains 25 items, all of which carry a 5-point range of responses, as follows: not true at all (0), rarely true (1), sometimes true (2), often true (3), and true nearly all of the time (4). The scale is rated based on how the subject has felt over the past month. The total score ranges from 0-100, with higher scores reflecting greater resilience. Examples of questions: "Able to adapt to change", "Think of self as strong person"
Measured three times during six months, measuring a change in resilience scale
Rosenberg self esteem scale
Time Frame: Measured three times during six months, measuring a change in rosenberg self esteem scale

The scale is a ten item Likert scale with items answered on a four point scale - from strongly agree- (3), agree (2), disagree (1), strongly disagree (0). The total score ranges from 0-30 The higher the score, the higher the self esteem.

to strongly disagree.
Measured three times during six months, measuring a change in rosenberg self esteem scale

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Tel Hai College

Collaborators

Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 3, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 9, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

January 12, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 9, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 7, 2017

Last Verified

May 1, 2017

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Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • telhaicolege

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