Improving Students' Self-esteem With an Online Intervention (SSEONI)

Improving Students' Self-esteem With an Online Intervention Based on the Fennel Model: An Open-label, Uncontrolled Pilot Trial

The aim of this study is to measure the impact of an online intervention on students' self-esteem, using the model outlined by Melanie Fennell.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Self Esteem
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Increasing self-esteem

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to test the level of students' self-esteem (explicit and implicit) before and after an online intervention. All selected participants will enjoy one of the online working groups led by a psychologist for five weeks. In these group sessions, students will be trained to identify how their low self-esteem was developed, what are those factors that maintain their low self-esteem and what can they do for improving their low self-esteem, using Fennell model.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 33
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Romania
  • Timişoara, Romania, 320104
    • West University of Timisoara

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Low Self-Esteem (Cut-off=35 at Rosenberg self-esteem scale)
• Being first year student in West University of Timisoara

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe clinical depression symptoms (Cut-off=15 at PHQ9)
• Severe clinical anxiety symptoms (Cut-off=15 at GAD7)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Increasing Self-Esteem; All participants will be included in working groups.	Behavioral: Increasing self-esteem; During 5 weeks, participants will be part of one of the working groups in which they'll be taught by a counselor about how a low self-esteem develops and what have to be done for improving self-esteem, based on the Melanie Fennel' model.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in Rosenberg's Self Esteem Scale	Rosenberg's Self Esteem Scale is a self-esteem measure widely used in social-science research. It is a ten-item likert-type scale with items answered on a four-point scale-from strongly disagree to strongly agree. The scale measures global self-worth by measuring both positive and negative feelings about the self. The minimum score of Rosenberg's Self Esteem Scale is 10 and the highest one is 40. A higher score means a better outcome.	Change from Pre- to Post-Intervention (5 weeks)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Name Letter Test	Name Letter Test is used to measure implicit self-esteem by testing the tendency to evaluate alphabetical letters in one's name, especially initials, particularly favorably.	Change from Pre- to Post-Intervention (5 weeks)
Academic Burnout Scale	This scale is designed to measure the level of students' burnout. It contains 3 subscales: Exhaustion (minimum score: 5, maximum: 25), Cynicism (minimum score: 5, maximum: 25), Inefficacy (minimum score: 6, maximum: 30). A higher score means a worse outcome. Beside that, it can be scored Core Burnout, as sum between Exhaustion and Cynicism.	Change from Pre- to Post-Intervention (5 weeks)
Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD7)	Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment is a self-administered 7 item instrument that uses some of the DSM-V criteria for GAD (General Anxiety Disorder) to identify probable cases of GAD along with measuring anxiety symptom severity. The minimum score of Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment is 0 and the highest one is 21. A higher score means a worse outcome (a higher level of anxiety).	Change from Pre- to Post-Intervention (5 weeks)
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ9)	Patient Health Questionnaire-9 was designed to measure participant's severity of depression using DSM IV criteria. The minimum score of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 is 0 and the highest one is 27. A higher score means a worse outcome (more severe symptoms of depression).	Change from Pre- to Post-Intervention (5 weeks)
Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire	Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire is a scale designed to measure the level of students' satisfaction with intervention. The items refer to the content of the intervention, being open and close questions.	Post-Intervention (5 weeks)
Therapeutic factors	A 9 item questionnaire designed to measure the impact of some of the therapeutic factors as universality, altruism, instillation of hope, etc (Yalom, I. D., & Leszcz, M. (Collaborator). (2005). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy (5th ed.)). For each of the 9 factors, the minimum score is 1 and the maximum one is 5. A higher score means a better outcome (that factor is relevant for intervention).	Post-Intervention (5 weeks)
System usability	A 10 item questionnaire designed to measure participants' satisfaction with Zoom, the online platform used for weekly meetings. The minimum score of System Usability Scale is 10 and the highest one is 50. A higher score means a better outcome.	Post-Intervention (5 weeks)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: West University of Timisoara

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 11, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 13, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): December 18, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 8, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 14, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): December 16, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 10, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 9, 2024
• Last Verified: February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: WUTimisoara

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No