Developing an educational program based on psychological empowerment and comparing its effectiveness with cognitive behavioral therapy on psychological flexibility, academic hope and life satisfaction of adolescents
This research will be carried out to develop an integrated model of psychological empowerment and compare its effectiveness with cognitive behavioural therapy based on psychological acceptability, academic hope and life satisfaction of adolescents.
Design
The current research is a semi-experimental research of pre-test, post-test and follow-up type with a control group. 60 volunteers were selected and randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group.
Settings and conduct
- The location of the research is in one of the classrooms of the teacher's school in Ahvaz city.
- Weekly meetings will be conducted by the researcher on two consecutive days for two groups.
- The sample group is evaluated in three stages before, after and follow-up by a research questionnaire.
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Informed consent
Teenagers studying
Living in Ahvaz city
Has both parents
No psychological conditions
Intervention groups
1- an educational program based on psychological empowerment
2- effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy
Main outcome variables
Psychological flexibility
Academic hope
Life satisfaction
General information
Reason for update
Acronym
IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number:IRCT20231013059706N1
Registration date:2023-11-10, 1402/08/19
Registration timing:registered_while_recruiting
Last update:2023-11-10, 1402/08/19
Update count:0
Registration date
2023-11-10, 1402/08/19
Registrant information
Name
Iman Baharvand
Name of organization / entity
The university of Shahid Chamran Ahvaz
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 916 868 0648
Email address
im.bahar69@gmail.com
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Expected recruitment start date
2023-10-23, 1402/08/01
Expected recruitment end date
2024-03-05, 1402/12/15
Actual recruitment start date
empty
Actual recruitment end date
empty
Trial completion date
empty
Scientific title
Developing an educational program based on psychological empowerment and comparing its effectiveness with cognitive behavioral therapy on psychological flexibility, academic hope and life satisfaction of adolescents
Public title
psychological empowerment and comparing its with cognitive behavioral therapy on psychological flexibility, academic hope and life satisfaction of adolescents
Purpose
Supportive
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Informed consent
- Educational teenager
- resident of Ahvaz city
- with both parents
Exclusion criteria:
- Having psychological disorders
- Have a special patient
Age
From 12 years old to 18 years old
Gender
Male
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size:
60
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
In this research, 60 people will be selected with the help of an available sampling method. In the next step, assigning people to study groups will be done by random replacement method and with the help of a lottery. In this way, the names of all the people will be written on the paper and after the list is complete, we will put them in a box and choose from among them in order until 60 people are arranged in order. Finally, we assign the first 3 people to 3 groups, and we continue this work until the end of the people.
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Ethics committee of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Street address
Waliasr St., corner of Mehr, Alam El Hoda dormitory
City
Ahvaz
Province
Khouzestan
Postal code
6134947678
Approval date
2023-11-07, 1402/08/16
Ethics committee reference number
IR.SCU.REC.1402.032
Health conditions studied
1
Description of health condition studied
Life satisfaction
ICD-10 code
ICD-10 code description
2
Description of health condition studied
academic hope
ICD-10 code
ICD-10 code description
3
Description of health condition studied
Psychological flexibility
ICD-10 code
ICD-10 code description
Primary outcomes
1
Description
Life satisfaction score in Hubner's Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (2001)
Timepoint
Measuring life satisfaction before the intervention (pre-test) and After completing the intervention (post-test) and 45 days after the end of the intervention
Method of measurement
Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (2001)
2
Description
The academic hope score in Sohrabi and Samani's educational hope questionnaire (2013)
Timepoint
Measuring academic hope before the intervention (pre-test) and After completing the intervention (post-test) and 45 days after the end of the intervention
Method of measurement
Sohrabi and Samani's educational hope questionnaire (2013)
3
Description
The psychological flexibility questionnaire score of Bund et al. (2010)
Timepoint
Measuring psychological flexibility before the intervention (pre-test) and After completing the intervention (post-test) and 45 days after the end of the intervention
Method of measurement
Psychological flexibility questionnaire Bund et al. (2010)
Secondary outcomes
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Intervention groups
1
Description
The first intervention group: 10 sessions of psychological empowerment training based on the ACT approach and positive psychology, one 90-minute session each week.By combining the two approaches of positive psychology and ACT with the training of 4 main psychological capabilities (َAdvisor, observer, noticer and valuer), this intervention helps a person to have a standard for correct behaviour in his life. These meetings will be every week and the training for the entire intervention period will last two and a half months.
Category
Behavior
2
Description
Intervention group: 8 sessions of cognitive behaviour therapy training taken from the book of cognitive behaviour therapy (Coley and Teten, 2008), one session of 90 minutes each week.This intervention, with the help of cognitive and behavioural strategies, such as identifying and testing negative spontaneous thoughts, techniques of redirecting attention, time management, etc., tries to help change the way of thinking and modify the individual's behaviour. This intervention is done every week and the duration of the training period will be two months.
Category
Behavior
3
Description
Control group: A group that receives no intervention.