The Effect of Guided Narrative Technique on Child Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms Related to Teachers' Improper Criticism

The Effect of Guided Narrative Technique on Child Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms Related to Teachers' Improper Criticism: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Teachers' improper criticism may lead to posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in children. This cluster randomized controlled trial examined the effect of guided narrative technique (GNT) on child PTSS caused by teachers' improper criticism in school settings.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: guided narrative technique-writing

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 160
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Beijing
    • Beijing, Beijing, China
      • Peking University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 7 years to 13 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 5th grade students
• 7-13 years old
• with the ability to read and write

Exclusion Criteria:

• younger than 7 years old or older than 13 years old
• having psychotic disorders

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group
Experimental: Treatment group	Behavioral: guided narrative technique-writing; The experimental group underwent the psychological intervention of guided narrative technique-writing with the theme of teacher criticism for 20 to 30 minutes once a day for three consecutive days.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
change from baseline child posttraumatic stress symptoms at posttreatment	Foa et al.,(2018) revised the Self-Rating Scale for Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Children (CPSS-5-SR), with Cronbach's α reliability coefficient of 0.78. Cpss-5-SR is a 27-item self-reporting measure. Symptom items were scored on a 5-point scale, ranging from 0 (not at all) to 4 (almost always).	1 week
change from baseline child posttraumatic stress symptoms at follow-up	Foa et al.,(2018) revised the Self-Rating Scale for Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Children (CPSS-5-SR), with Cronbach's α reliability coefficient of 0.78. Cpss-5-SR is a 27-item self-reporting measure. Symptom items were scored on a 5-point scale, ranging from 0 (not at all) to 4 (almost always).	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Peking University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): June 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 30, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 8, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): June 13, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 13, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 8, 2022
• Last Verified: June 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Children; Teachers' Improper Criticism; Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms; Expressive Writing; Psychological Intervention; Guided Narrative Technique
• Other Study ID Numbers: GNT for Child PTSS

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No