Super Skills for Life Effectiveness in the Online Modality

NCT ID: NCT05589090

Last Updated: 2023-05-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-10-01

Study Completion Date

2022-12-01

Brief Summary

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The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the transdiagnostic program Super Skills for Life (SSL). This protocol targets children aged 8 to 12 with emotional problems (anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and lack of social skills). SSL consists of eight sessions targeting common risk factors for internalizing disorders such as cognitive distortions, avoidance, emotional management, low self-esteem, social skills deficits, and coping strategies. The present research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of SSL applied online (through a virtual platform).

Detailed Description

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After selecting the children based on the online questionnaires completed by the parents (preintervention assessment) and inclusion/exclusion criteria, they were randomly allocated to the conditions of the intervention group and the wait-list control group. Parents and children from both groups completed the same measures at baseline, post-treatment, and 12 months follow-up. Children in the experimental group received the SSL program by the virtual platform.

The objective of the study is to evaluate the benefits of the Super Skills for Life protocol applied online. For this purpose, the researchers will test to what extent the experimental group decreases its anxiety symptoms, anxiety impairment, depressive symptoms, behavioral problems, hyperactivity/inattention, and peer relationship problems, and increase its self-esteem and prosocial behaviors, compared to the control group.

In conclusion, the purpose of the study is to explore whether SSL implemented online can be a cost-effective psychological intervention to prevent emotional problems in Spanish children.

Conditions

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Depressive Disorder Depressive Symptoms Anxiety Disorders Anxiety Disorders and Symptoms Mood Disorders Child Mental Disorder Emotional Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Study participants who met the inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The control group did not receive any intervention during the eight-week duration of the program. However, both groups underwent pretest and posttest assessments. Children assigned to the control group will receive the intervention after the 12-month follow-up assessment.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Intervention group

Super Skills for Life intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Super Skills for Life program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Children in the experimental group received eight sessions of the Super Skills for Life protocol. The intervention was implemented using a structured manual for the therapist and a workbook for the children \[Orgilés, M., Espada, J.P., Ollendick, T.H. \& Essau, C. (2022). Programa Super Skills. Manual del aplicador. Elche, ES: Universidad Miguel Hernández\]. The intervention was administered via an online virtual platform for eight weeks, with each session lasting approximately one hour.

Wait-list group

Children in this group did not receive any phycological (public or private) intervention during the eight-week duration of the SSL program. They were informed that children in this group will receive the intervention once the follow-up visit is completed.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Super Skills for Life program

Children in the experimental group received eight sessions of the Super Skills for Life protocol. The intervention was implemented using a structured manual for the therapist and a workbook for the children \[Orgilés, M., Espada, J.P., Ollendick, T.H. \& Essau, C. (2022). Programa Super Skills. Manual del aplicador. Elche, ES: Universidad Miguel Hernández\]. The intervention was administered via an online virtual platform for eight weeks, with each session lasting approximately one hour.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children aged 8-12
* Presenting subclinical symptoms of emotional problems (anxiety, depression)
* Speaking, reading, writing, and understanding Spanish.
* Not receiving psychological or pharmacological treatment for emotional and/or behavioral problems

Exclusion Criteria

* Had a psychiatric diagnosis already established
* Presenting a severe developmental disorder (intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, etc).
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mireia Orgilés Amorós

Director

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Silvia Melero, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

Mireia Orgilés, Professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

José Pedro Espada, Professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

Locations

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Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

Elche, Alicante, Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Essau, C. A., & Ollendick, T. H. (2013). The Super Skills for Life Programme. London, Reino Unido: University of Roehampton

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Essau CA, Olaya B, Sasagawa S, Pithia J, Bray D, Ollendick TH. Integrating video-feedback and cognitive preparation, social skills training and behavioural activation in a cognitive behavioural therapy in the treatment of childhood anxiety. J Affect Disord. 2014;167:261-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.05.056. Epub 2014 Jun 4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24999861 (View on PubMed)

Essau CA, Sasagawa S, Jones G, Fernandes B, Ollendick TH. Evaluating the real-world effectiveness of a cognitive behavior therapy-based transdiagnostic program for emotional problems in children in a regular school setting. J Affect Disord. 2019 Jun 15;253:357-365. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.036. Epub 2019 Apr 16.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31078836 (View on PubMed)

Fernández-Martínez, I., Espada, J. P., & Orgilés, M. (2019). Super Skills for Life: Eficacia de un programa transdiagnóstico de prevención indicada para los problemas emocionales infantiles. Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes, 6(3), 24-31. https://doi.org/10.21134/rpcna.2019.06.3.3

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Orgiles M, Fernandez-Martinez I, Espada JP, Morales A. Spanish version of Super Skills for Life: short- and long-term impact of a transdiagnostic prevention protocol targeting childhood anxiety and depression. Anxiety Stress Coping. 2019 Nov;32(6):694-710. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2019.1645836. Epub 2019 Jul 23.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31334667 (View on PubMed)

Fernandez-Martinez I, Morales A, Espada JP, Essau CA, Orgiles M. Effectiveness of the program Super Skills For Life in reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression in young Spanish children. Psicothema. 2019 Aug;31(3):298-304. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2018.336.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31292045 (View on PubMed)

Fernandez-Martinez I, Orgiles M, Morales A, Espada JP, Essau CA. One-Year follow-up effects of a cognitive behavior therapy-based transdiagnostic program for emotional problems in young children: A school-based cluster-randomized controlled trial. J Affect Disord. 2020 Feb 1;262:258-266. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.002. Epub 2019 Nov 4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31733917 (View on PubMed)

Diego-Castaño, S., Prieto-Moya, J., Hermosín, N., & Orgilés, M. (2019). Eficacia del programa Super Skills en población clínica: un estudio piloto. 5 Congreso International de Psicología Clinica y Salud con Niños y Adolescentes, Oviedo, Spain. ISSN: 2695-4664

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Melero, S., Morales, A., & Orgilés, M. (2019, noviembre). Eficacia de la aplicación individual del programa Super Skills for Life para reducir síntomas emocionales en menores. 5 Congreso International de Psicología Clinica y Salud con Niños y Adolescentes, Oviedo, Spain. ISSN: 2695-4664

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Fernandez-Martinez I, Morales A, Espada JP, Orgiles M. Effects of Super Skills for Life on the social skills of anxious children through video analysis. Psicothema. 2020 May;32(2):229-236. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2019.240.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32249749 (View on PubMed)

Orgiles M, Melero S, Fernandez-Martinez I, Espada JP, Morales A. Effectiveness of Video-Feedback with Cognitive Preparation in Improving Social Performance and Anxiety through Super Skills for Life Programme Implemented in a School Setting. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Apr 18;17(8):2805. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17082805.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32325756 (View on PubMed)

Orgilés, M., Garrigós, E., Espada, J. P., & Morales, A. (2020). How does a CBT-based transdiagnostic program for separation anxiety symptoms work in children?: Effects of Super Skills for Life. Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes, 7(2), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.21134/rpcna.2020.07.2.1

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Orgilés, M., Espada, J. P, & Morales, A. (2020). How Super Skills for Life may help children to cope with the COVID-19: Psychological impact and coping styles after the program. Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes, 7(3), 88-93. https://doi.org/10.21134/rpcna.2020.mon.2048

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Melero, S., Orgilés, M., Fernández-Martínez, I., Espada, J. P., & Morales, A. (2021). Influence of implementation fidelity on the effectiveness of a CBT programme targeted emotional problems in childhood. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 68, 100975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2021.100975

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Fernandez-Martinez I, Orgiles M, Espada JP, Essau CA, Morales A. Effects as a function of implementation fidelity of a transdiagnostic prevention program in young school-aged children. Eval Program Plann. 2021 Dec;89:102011. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.102011. Epub 2021 Sep 16.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34562670 (View on PubMed)

Melero S, Morales A, Espada JP, Orgiles M. Improving Social Performance Through Video-feedback with Cognitive Preparation in Children with Emotional Problems. Behav Modif. 2022 Jul;46(4):755-781. doi: 10.1177/0145445521991098. Epub 2021 Jan 29.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33511861 (View on PubMed)

Melero S, Orgiles M, Espada JP, Morales A. Spanish version of Super Skills for Life in individual modality: Improvement of children's emotional well-being from a transdiagnostic approach. J Clin Psychol. 2021 Oct;77(10):2187-2202. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23148. Epub 2021 Apr 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33882156 (View on PubMed)

Melero S, Morales A, Espada JP, Mendez X, Orgiles M. Effectiveness of Group vs. Individual Therapy to Decrease Peer Problems and Increase Prosociality in Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 9;18(8):3950. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18083950.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33918640 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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https://superskills.umh.es/

Website of the Super Skills for Life program in Spanish version

https://superskillsonline.umh.es/

Website of the Super Skills for Life program online in Spanish version

https://www.superskillsforlife.com/

Description University of Roehampton research for Super Skills for Life program

Other Identifiers

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DPS.MO.01.17

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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