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NCT Number: NCT05149066

#KindGirlsInACTion: A Programme for the Promotion of Mental Health of Female Adolescents

The #KindGirlsInACTion project started in 2017 and developed and implemented a psychotherapeutic intervention program in Portuguese female adolescents. This program aimed to improve the overall quality of life and well-being of the participants, and specifically to promote a qualitative improvement in body image and interpersonal relationships, through the promotion of self-compassion, compassion and psychological flexibility. #KindGirlsInACTion is a school-based program, with 9 sessions over 9 weeks. It is essentially practical and interactive, with exercises created specifically for the program, as well as the regular practice of mindfulness.

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Key information

Conditions

Quality of Life Behavior Behavior, Animal Body Image Eating Behavior Eating Disorders Emotion Regulation Emotional Regulation Feeding Behavior Feeding and Eating Disorders Mental Disorders Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Personal Satisfaction Psychological Psychological Well-Being Relations, Interpersonal Self-Control Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms, Digestive Social Behavior

Age range

12 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CINEICC

Coimbra, 3000-115, Portugal

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • being a female adolescent;
  • being aged between 12 and 18;
  • being a part of a classroome with immediate availability to attend the sessions.

Exclusion criteria

  • Having a clinical condition that could compromise the completion of self-report questionnaires;
  • Having a significant score on screening measures administered pre-intervention.

Treatment and study plan

#KindGirlsInACTion

Behavioral

9-session weekly cognitive-behavioural intervention to promote psychological well-being and prevent body image and eating-related disordered behaviours.

Primary outcomes

  1. Psychological Well-being

    Time frame: 5 months

    Kidscreen-27

  2. Psychological Well-being

    Time frame: 3 months

    Kidscreen-27

  3. Psychological Wel--being

    Time frame: Baseline

    Kidscreen-27

Secondary outcomes

  1. Eating Disorders

    Time frame: Baseline

    Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, EDE-Q

  2. Eating Disorders

    Time frame: 3 months

    Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, EDE-Q

  3. Eating Disorders

    Time frame: 5 months

    Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, EDE-Q

  4. Positive body image

    Time frame: Baseline

    Body Appreciation Scale, BAS-2

  5. Positive body image

    Time frame: 3 months

    Body Appreciation Scale, BAS-2

  6. Positive body image

    Time frame: 5 months

    Body Appreciation Scale, BAS-2

  7. Social safeness

    Time frame: Baseline

    Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale, SSPS

  8. Social safeness

    Time frame: 3 months

    Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale, SSPS

  9. Social safeness

    Time frame: 5 months

    Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale, SSPS

  10. Body image shame

    Time frame: Baseline

    Body Image Shame Scale, BISS

  11. Body image shame

    Time frame: 3 months

    Body Image Shame Scale, BISS

  12. Body image shame

    Time frame: 5 months

    Body Image Shame Scale, BISS

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Coimbra

Other

Collaborators

  • Joana Marta-Simões

Registry information

Official study title

#KindGirlsInACTion: A School-based Intervention to Promote Compassive Competences and Psychological Flexibility in Female Adolescents

Acronym: KindGirlsACT

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2021
First posted
Dec 8, 2021
Registry last updated
Dec 8, 2021

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