REBT Intervention Program for Career Decision-making Difficulties in High School Pupils

August 27, 2019 updated by: Viktoria Kulcsar, Babes-Bolyai University

The Effectiveness of an REBT Intervention Program on the Reduction of Career Decision-making Difficulties in High School Pupils

Career decision-making difficulties are frequent problems for adolescents. Regular intervention or prevention programs mainly provide information for the students about themselves, about the world of work, about their interests and preferences etc. Rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT), a form of Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) provides help for adolescents to efficiently cope with emotional problems (e.g., psychological distress) related to the career decision-making process. The present study aims to investigate the efficiency of an REBT career intervention program implemented in a school setting. School settings are appropriate to deliver group intervention for students. Classes from Romanian public high-schools will be randomized in either intervention or treatment as usual groups.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The intervention will be group based, delivered in 8 sessions, over 8 weeks. Each of the eight modules aimed a different component: Psychoeducation, Information about self and world of work, Steps of career decision-making, Problem solving. Additionally, for the REBT groups: Relationship between cognitive distortions/irrational beliefs and emotions, Cognitive restructuring, Exposure/behavioral activation and emotional problem solving, Maintenance of gaining. Homework would be given at every session. REBT intervention programs delivered in school settings represent ecological modalities to target vulnerable groups. Adolescents will complete assessments at four time points: T1 (baseline), T2 (post-intervention), T3 (3 months follow-up) and T4 (6 months follow-up).

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

235

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Romania
      • Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 400015
        • Babeș-Bolyai University

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

16 years to 19 years (ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adolescents will have ages 16 years to 19 years (11th grade at high school).
  • Are attending high school.
  • Parents will sign the informed consent and adolescents provide informed assent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age below 16 or above 19 years.
  • No signed informed consent from the parents.
  • Uninterpretable answers on the validation items of the CDDQ (items nr. 7 and 12)

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: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: DOUBLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: REBT Career Intervention
High-school students in the experiment group attend to eight modules of career intervention with rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) techniques. The eight modules aim a different component: Psychoeducation, Information about the self and the world of work, Steps of Decision making, Relationship between cognitive distortions/irrational beliefs and emotions, Cognitive Restructuring, Exposure/behavior activation and problem solving, Planning, Goal Setting.
Behavioral: REBT Career Intervention
Eight sessions of regular career intervention with rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) methods.
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Regular Career Intervention
High-school students in the treatment as usual group attend to eight modules of career intervention with regular career intervention techniques. The eight modules aim a different component: Psychoeducation, Information about the self and the world of work, Steps of Decision making, Problem solving, Planning, Goal Setting.
Behavioral: Regular Career Intervention
Eight sessions of regular career intervention.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ; Gati, Krausz, & Osipow, 1996)
Time Frame: Change from baseline career decision-making difficulties up to 24 weeks
Measure of career decision-making difficulties.
Change from baseline career decision-making difficulties up to 24 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Emotional Distress Profile (PDA; Opris & Macavei, 2005)
Time Frame: Change from baseline distress up to 24 weeks
Measure of positive emotions, negative functional and negative dysfunctional emotions.
Change from baseline distress up to 24 weeks
Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children (PSWQ-C; Chorpita et al., 1997)
Time Frame: Change from baseline worry up to 24 weeks
Measure of worry for children and adolescents.
Change from baseline worry up to 24 weeks
General Attitudes and Beliefs Scale Short Form (GABS-SF; Lindner et al., 1999)
Time Frame: Change from baseline irrational beliefs up to 24 weeks
Measure of Irrational Beliefs.
Change from baseline irrational beliefs up to 24 weeks
Beck Depression Inventory for Youth (BDI-Y; Beck, 2005)
Time Frame: Change from baseline depression, anxiety up to 24 weeks
Measure of depression of adolescents.
Change from baseline depression, anxiety up to 24 weeks
Beck Anxiety Inventory for Youth (BAI-Y; Beck, 2005)
Time Frame: Change from baseline anxiety up to 24 weeks
Measure of anxiety of adolescents.
Change from baseline anxiety up to 24 weeks
Career Decision-making Self-Efficacy Short Form (Betz et al., 1996)
Time Frame: Change from baseline career decision-making self-efficacy up to 24 weeks
Measure of career decision-making self-efficacy.
Change from baseline career decision-making self-efficacy up to 24 weeks
Multidimensional Life Satisfaction (Seligson, Huebner, & Valois, 2003)
Time Frame: Change from baseline life satisfaction up to 24 weeks
Measure of five areas of life satisfaction.
Change from baseline life satisfaction up to 24 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Babes-Bolyai University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Anca Dobrean, Babeș-Bolyai University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

October 1, 2018

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

January 30, 2019

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

April 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 15, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 16, 2019

First Posted (ACTUAL)

January 17, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

August 28, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 27, 2019

Last Verified

August 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 19.175/24.10.2018

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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