In Favor of My Resilient Self- Effects of an Academic Course on the Emotional Resilience of Students.

June 29, 2021 updated by: Tel Hai College

In Favor of My Resilient Self- Effects of an Academic Course on the Emotional Resilience of Students, While Comparing Sciences and Social Studies Faculties.

The course " In Favor of My Resilient Self" will guide participants to develop their strength sources, as well as practice self-calming and self-controlling exercises.

The main goals of the course are to:

  1. Measure the effects on the emotional resilience and confidence of participants.
  2. Assess differences in the course's affect on students from the faculty of sciences compared with students from the faculty of social studies.
  3. Understand the mechanisms of the effects.

Results will be measured using the study questionnaire, to be filled out by the participants before, after, and three months after the completion of the course.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The online Bachelor's degree course " In Favor of My Resilient Self" provides updated information regarding the term 'emotional resilience' and its mediating factors. Through weekly lessons and assignments, it will guide participants to developing an internal perspective on their strength sources, as well as practice self-calming and self-controlling exercises.

The main goals of the course are to:

  1. Measure the effects on the emotional resilience and confidence of participants.
  2. Assess differences in the course's affect on students from the faculty of sciences compared with students from the faculty of social studies.
  3. Understand the mechanisms of the effects.

Results will be measured using the study questionnaire, to be filled out by the participants before, after, and three months after the completion of the course. The questionnaire will include validated questionnaires with good psychometric qualities. The study protocol was approved by Tel Hai College institutional review board. All participants, in the intervention (course participants) and in the control group (students of both faculties that didn't attend the course), received information about the program and the study and were asked to provide informed consent.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

322

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 Contact

Study Locations

  • Israel
    • North Of Israel
      • Kiryat Shmona, North Of Israel, Israel, 1220800
        • Recruiting
        • Tel Hai Academic College
        • Contact:
          • Maya Mouallem, B.Sc

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Students at Tel Hai College that are interested in participating in the study, and provided informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Students that did not provide informed consent to participate in the study.

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: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Course participants
Students that enroll in the Resilience-based course during their Bachelor of science or Bachelor of social studies.
Behavioral: "In Favor of My Resilient Self" Academic course
Assessing the effect of an academic course on student's emotional resilience.
No Intervention: Control group- no intervention
Students in their Bachelor of science or Bachelor of social studies that did not attend the course, but agreed to fill out the study questionnaires.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from Baseline in The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)
Time Frame: Measured three times over six months: at baseline, after the course ends, and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores

The CD-RISC is based on Connor and Davidson's operational definition of resilience, which is the ability to "thrive in the face of adversity." The scale includes 25 items, from 5 sub-scales:

  1. Personal competence, high standards, and tenacity
  2. Trust in one's instincts, tolerance of negative affect, and strengthening effects of stress
  3. Positive acceptance of change and secure relationships
  4. Control
  5. Spiritual influences Scoring: Scoring of the scale is based on summing the total of all items, each of which is scored from 0-4. For the CD-RISC-25, the full range is therefore from 0 to 100, with higher scores reflecting greater resilience. (Connor KM, Davidson JRT. Depression and Anxiety 2003; 18: 71-82).
Measured three times over six months: at baseline, after the course ends, and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from Baseline in Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4R)
Time Frame: Measured three times over six months: at baseline, after the course ends, and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores
The Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) is a measure of internalization of appearance ideals (i.e., personal acceptance of societal ideals) and appearance pressures (i.e., pressures to achieve the societal ideal). We included 22 items from the subscales: (1) Internalization: Thin/Low Body Fat, (2) Internalization: Muscular, (3) Internalization: General Attractiveness, (4) Pressures: Media, (5) Pressures: Peers, and (6) Pressures: Significant Others. (Schaefer et al, 2017)
Measured three times over six months: at baseline, after the course ends, and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores
Change from Baseline in Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE)
Time Frame: Measured three times over six months: at baseline, after the course ends, and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores
Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965)- 10 items. Scoring involves a method of combined ratings. Low self-esteem responses are "disagree" or "strongly disagree" on items 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, and "strongly agree" or "agree" on items 2, 5, 6, 8, 9.
Measured three times over six months: at baseline, after the course ends, and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores
Change from Baseline in Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21)
Time Frame: Measured three times over six months: at baseline, after the course ends, and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores
Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 Items (DASS-21) The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 Items (DASS-21) is a set of three self-report scales designed to measure the emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress. Each of the three DASS-21 scales contains 7 items, divided into subscales with similar content. The depression scale assesses dysphoria, hopelessness, devaluation of life, self-deprecation, lack of interest / involvement, anhedonia and inertia. The anxiety scale assesses autonomic arousal, skeletal muscle effects, situational anxiety, and subjective experience of anxious affect. The stress scale is sensitive to levels of chronic nonspecific arousal. It assesses difficulty relaxing, nervous arousal, and being easily upset / agitated, irritable / over-reactive and impatient. Scores for depression, anxiety and stress are calculated by summing the scores for the relevant items.
Measured three times over six months: at baseline, after the course ends, and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores
Change from Baseline in Body Esteem Scale (BES)
Time Frame: Measured three times over six months: at baseline, after the course ends, and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores
Body Esteem Scale- This questionnaire examines self-esteem of body and physical appearance and consists of 3 subscales: appearance (10 items), weight (8 items) and attribution 187 to others (5 items). Items are rated on a 5-point scale: (1) never, (2) rarely, (3) sometimes, (4) 188 often, and (5) always. A higher score indicates higher body-esteem (Mendelson, Mendelson, & White, 2001)
Measured three times over six months: at baseline, after the course ends, and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores
Change from Baseline in The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26)
Time Frame: Measured three times over six months: at baseline, after the course ends, and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores
Eating Attitudes Test- 26 items The Eating Attitudes validated scale for children and adolescents (Maloney, McGuire, & Daniels, 1988)
Measured three times over six months: at baseline, after the course ends, and three months after the completion of the course, measuring a change in scores

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Tel Hai College

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)

August 3, 2019

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

October 1, 2021

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 15, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 15, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

October 17, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 30, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 29, 2021

Last Verified

June 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Tel Hai

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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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