NCT04329052

Promoting Mental Well-being for Secondary School Students Through an Experiential Learning Activity

Completed NA Last updated 1 April 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Adventure-based training with health educational talk in Mental Health in 254 participants. Completed in 25 November 2019.

Timeline

20 December 2018

Primary endpoint
25 November 2019

25 November 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	The University of Hong Kong
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	254
Start date	20 December 2018
Primary completion	25 November 2019
Estimated completion	25 November 2019
Sites	1 location across Hong Kong

Drugs / interventions tested

• Adventure-based training with health educational talk

Conditions studied

• Mental Health — all drugs for Mental Health →

Sponsor

The University of Hong Kong

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Mental Health. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Mental health problems in adolescents are a global problem and are becoming more prevalent in Hong Kong. Indeed, the rising incidence of emotional disturbances, adjustment and eating problems, depression, and suicidal tendencies have become major public health concerns.

Over the past few decades, Hong Kong has experienced a significant change in family structure, with an increase in small nuclear. Therefore, children may be overprotected by parents and become more fragile and less resilient to psychological distress, in the meantime, parents' high expectations for children's academic increase the pressure on the teenagers.

As resilience can promote better mental well-being with reduced anxiety and depressive symptoms, It is crucial for healthcare professionals to collaborate with youth centers in the community to build effective health promotion programs in schools that can enhance the resilience of adolescents and foster the development of their coping mechanisms and positive mental well-being so that adolescents can better combat mental health problems and lead healthier lives.

Adventure-based training rests on a theory of experiential learning, which involves a four-step model of concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualisation, and active experimentation. In adventure-based training, participants are required to join the activities which are psychologically and physically demanding. They may experience frustration and anxiety in the earlier stages, but this is potentially therapeutic as it can facilitate the process of concrete experience by encouraging them to accept an innovative approach in dealing with challenges. During the adventure process, the emphasis is placed on changing the dysfunctional and negative actions of team members into functional and positive actions, and on the interaction between team members in accomplishing different challenging tasks. Participants experience difficulties and look for possibilities, and with the proper guidance, facilitation and intervention of instructors the objectives of the training are achieved. Successful experience of this kind can facilitate the personal development and enhance the resilience and self-esteem of participants.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.