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NCT Number: NCT03807895

REBT Intervention Program for Career Decision-making Difficulties in High School Pupils

Career decision-making difficulties are frequent problems for adolescents. Regular intervention or prevention programs mainly provide information for the students about themselves, about the world of work, about their interests and preferences etc. Rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT), a form of Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) provides help for adolescents to efficiently cope with emotional problems (e.g., psychological distress) related to the career decision-making process. The present study aims to investigate the efficiency of an REBT career intervention program implemented in a school setting. School settings are appropriate to deliver group intervention for students. Classes from Romanian public high-schools will be randomized in either intervention or treatment as usual groups.

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Key information

Conditions

Career Decision-making Difficulties Psychological Distress Worry

Age range

16 year–19 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Babes-Bolyai University

Cluj-Napoca, 400015, Romania

About this study

The intervention will be group based, delivered in 8 sessions, over 8 weeks. Each of the eight modules aimed a different component: Psychoeducation, Information about self and world of work, Steps of career decision-making, Problem solving. Additionally, for the REBT groups: Relationship between cognitive distortions/irrational beliefs and emotions, Cognitive restructuring, Exposure/behavioral activation and emotional problem solving, Maintenance of gaining. Homework would be given at every session. REBT intervention programs delivered in school settings represent ecological modalities to target vulnerable groups. Adolescents will complete assessments at four time points: T1 (baseline), T2 (post-intervention), T3 (3 months follow-up) and T4 (6 months follow-up).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Adolescents will have ages 16 years to 19 years (11th grade at high school).
  • Are attending high school.
  • Parents will sign the informed consent and adolescents provide informed assent.

Exclusion criteria

  • Age below 16 or above 19 years.
  • No signed informed consent from the parents.
  • Uninterpretable answers on the validation items of the CDDQ (items nr. 7 and 12)

Treatment and study plan

REBT Career Intervention

Behavioral

Eight sessions of regular career intervention with rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) methods.

Regular Career Intervention

Behavioral

Eight sessions of regular career intervention.

Primary outcomes

  1. Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ; Gati, Krausz, & Osipow, 1996)

    Time frame: Change from baseline career decision-making difficulties up to 24 weeks

    Measure of career decision-making difficulties.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Emotional Distress Profile (PDA; Opris & Macavei, 2005)

    Time frame: Change from baseline distress up to 24 weeks

    Measure of positive emotions, negative functional and negative dysfunctional emotions.

  2. Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children (PSWQ-C; Chorpita et al., 1997)

    Time frame: Change from baseline worry up to 24 weeks

    Measure of worry for children and adolescents.

  3. General Attitudes and Beliefs Scale Short Form (GABS-SF; Lindner et al., 1999)

    Time frame: Change from baseline irrational beliefs up to 24 weeks

    Measure of Irrational Beliefs.

  4. Beck Depression Inventory for Youth (BDI-Y; Beck, 2005)

    Time frame: Change from baseline depression, anxiety up to 24 weeks

    Measure of depression of adolescents.

  5. Beck Anxiety Inventory for Youth (BAI-Y; Beck, 2005)

    Time frame: Change from baseline anxiety up to 24 weeks

    Measure of anxiety of adolescents.

  6. Career Decision-making Self-Efficacy Short Form (Betz et al., 1996)

    Time frame: Change from baseline career decision-making self-efficacy up to 24 weeks

    Measure of career decision-making self-efficacy.

  7. Multidimensional Life Satisfaction (Seligson, Huebner, & Valois, 2003)

    Time frame: Change from baseline life satisfaction up to 24 weeks

    Measure of five areas of life satisfaction.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Babes-Bolyai University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effectiveness of an REBT Intervention Program on the Reduction of Career Decision-making Difficulties in High School Pupils

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Jan 17, 2019
Registry last updated
Aug 28, 2019

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