Discovering Adolescents' Talents and Life Projects as a Key Factor in Their Life Satisfaction
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age14-18
SponsorCentre Besai
About this trial
Recent data show a deterioration in the mental health of adolescents, with an increase in anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, eating disorders, and a significant increase in suicides. Psychological distress may be related to the absence of a life project that provides motivation, satisfaction, and direction in their lives, and allows the formation of an integrated sense of personal identity, along with a projection of improvement in abilities. An intervention aimed at enhancing the life project of adolescents could increase their life satisfaction and, secondarily, improve their mental health. The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a structured intervention oriented towards the discovery and development of personal talents can have a strong positive impact on the life satisfaction and mental health of adolescents.
The Spanish versions of the Satisfaction with Life Scale and Young Person-Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation scales will be used to evaluate life satisfaction and psychological distress of participants before and after the intervention. In addition, the Geniotype questionnaire will be used to explore and enhance the participants' personal talents.
The full intervention comprises eight sessions based on Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy (HIP). It includes one session with Explore Your Meanings (EYME), an immersive digital platform based on the repertory grid technique aimed to enhance the success of therapeutic work and improve personal capabilities.
Researchers will compare the full intervention, with an intervention in which the Geniotype questionnaire is substituted by a somatic symptoms questionnaire (with no implications for the talents of the participant) to see if the Geniotype identification works to increase life satisfaction and reduce psychological distress. The control group will be a non-active waiting list.
Participants will attend eight weekly, one-hour sessions of a psychological intervention including Geniotype or a somatic symptoms questionnaire or remain in a waiting list for 2 months.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Be a teenager between the ages of 14 and 18 (both included) and be in school.
Disqualifiers
Diagnosis of mental disorder in the last year.
Active psychological or psychiatric treatment at the time of the investigation or less than 6 months before.
Suicidal ideation and/or self-harm.
Recently experienced bullying or intimidation (within the last 6 months).
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Experimental: Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy and Identity Exploration (HIP+EYME)
BehavioralEight weekly, one-hour sessions based on HIP (including techniques such as analyzing transactions, recognizing ego states, script analysis, letter to my future self --10 years from now, psychoeducation on emotional intelligence, chair work with subpersonalities, fearful scene work, imaginal work with the life project) and the immersive exploration of personal identity using EYME.
Experimental: Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy, Identity, and Geniotype Exploration (HIP+EYME+GENIOTYPE)
BehavioralEight weekly, one-hour sessions based on HIP (including techniques such as analyzing transactions, recognizing ego states, script analysis, letter to my future self --10 years from now, psychoeducation on emotional intelligence, chair work with subpersonalities, fearful scene work, imaginal work with the life project) and the immersive exploration of personal identity using EYME. Also, participants will answer the Geniotype questionnaire and the results will be worked with the adolescents.
Treatment groups
90 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsGroup A: Wait List Control (WLC)No intervention 0 interventions
Group B: Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy and Identity Exploration (HIP+EYME)Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy, Identity, and Geniotype Exploration (HIP+EYME+GENIOTYPE)Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
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Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)
The SWLS is an instrument used in research on quality of life and psychological well-being. It is a brief 5-item instrument using a 7-point Likert scale designed to measure individuals' global cognitive judgments of satisfaction with their life. The higher the score, the higher the level of satisfaction.
Time frame
SWLS will be administered at baseline, and at the end of the last (8th.) session (2 months).Secondary outcomes
1
Young Person-Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-CORE)
Designed for adolescents aged 11-16, the YP-CORE assesses wellbeing, problems/symptoms, general functioning, and risk with 10 items using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). The higher the score, the higher the level of psychological distress. The Spanish adaptation demonstrates good psychometric properties.
Time frame
YP-CORE will be administered at baseline, and at the end of the last (8th.) session (2 months).Sponsors and contacts
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Centre Besai
Lead sponsor
University of Barcelona
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov