Peer connectedness during the transition to secondary school: a collaborative opportunity for education and social work

Heinsch, Milena; Agllias, Kylie; Sampson, Dara; Howard, Amanda; Blakemore, Tamara; Cootes, Hannah

doi:10.1007/s13384-019-00335-1

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“…Transition is a major changeover period that can have short- and long-term negative effects on children who do not manage to connect to their new peers [ 51 , 52 ]. Thus, prevention programs are necessary and important during transition phases to help early adolescents with skills to form friendships [ 53 ]. After the evaluation of the individual components, an evaluation of the complete complex prevention program that includes the presented game of this protocol as well as other digital and analogue components endorsing competences such as pER, collaboration skills, or meta-cognition is planned.…”

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Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a serious game targeting interpersonal emotion regulation in early adolescents

Mittmann

Zehetmayer

Schrank

2021

Trials

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Background Adaptive interpersonal emotion regulation (iER) is a vital tool for positive relations. During early adolescence, peer relations become increasingly important, making this age group a relevant target group for interventions promoting positive interactions with each other, yet no evidence-based intervention exists for iER and early adolescents specifically. Methods This randomised controlled trial (RCT) aims to test effectiveness and feasibility of a serious game training iER skills in early adolescents by comparing outcomes with a control group playing a game without psychoeducational content in a pre- and post-test design. German- and English-speaking early adolescents (10–14 years) are eligible for participation. IER skills improvement as assessed by a vignette task is the primary outcome and will be analysed with a chi-square test. Secondary outcomes include feasibility and acceptability, emotional competence, personal emotion regulation, gender, and sex. Discussion This RCT will test whether playing a serious game about iER strategies results in an improvement of iER skills and whether the game is feasible and acceptable for early adolescents with the ultimate aim to implement the game in schools and help early adolescents achieve positive peer relationships. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.govNCT04808102, Registered on 19 March 2021

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Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a serious game targeting interpersonal emotion regulation in early adolescents

Mittmann

Zehetmayer

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2021

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“…( 4) Easiness to make new friends: This is conceptualized as how easy a child or adolescent can make new friends. It facilitates their connectedness with peers and their social environment (Heinsch et al, 2020).…”

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Peer Relationships and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: Results From the German BELLA Study

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Background: Poor mental health affects adolescent development and is associated with health and social outcomes in later life. The current study uses cross-sectional data to explore the understudied aspects of peer relationships as a predictor of depressive symptom severity of adolescents in Germany.Method: Data from the German BELLA study were analyzed. We focused on the most recent measurement point of the BELLA study and analyzed data of 446 adolescents (aged 14–17 years). Peer relationship was measured using four items from the internationally established Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Depressive symptoms were assessed via seven items of the German version of the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Short Depression Scale (CES-D). Hierarchical linear regression models were computed to explore the association between depressive symptoms and peer relationships. Hierarchical linear regression models served to determine the added predictive effects of each aspect of peer relationships.Result: The regression model showed that 22% of the variance of the severity of depressive symptoms could be explained by the quality of adolescents’ peer relationships (F(1,444) = 125.65, p < 0.001). Peer acceptance has the most substantial unique contribution to peer relationship as a predictor of depressive symptom severity (Change in R2 = 0.05; Change in F = 27.01, p < 0.001). The gender-specific analysis shows different trends for boys and girls.Conclusion: The quality of peer relationships is a significant predictor of adolescents’ depressive symptoms severity. Improved peer acceptance, dependability, and ease of making new friends are significantly associated with reduced depression symptoms for Germany’s adolescent population.

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“…adolescents with skills to form friendships (52). After the evaluation of the individual components, an evaluation of the complete complex prevention program that includes the presented game of this protocol as well as other digital and analogue components endorsing competences such as pER, collaboration skills, or meta-cognition is planned.…”

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Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Serious Game Targeting Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Early Adolescents

Mittmann

Zehetmayer

Schrank

2021

Preprint

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Background: Adaptive interpersonal emotion regulation (iER) is a vital tool for positive relations. During early adolescence, peer relations become increasingly important, making this age group a relevant target group for interventions promoting positive interactions with each other, yet no evidence-based intervention exists for early adolescents specifically.Methods: This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to test effectiveness and feasibility of a serious game training iER skills in early adolescents by comparing outcomes with a control group playing a game without psychoeducational content in a pre- and post-test design. German- and English-speaking early adolescents (10-14 years) are eligible for participation. IER skills improvement as assessed by a vignette task is the primary outcome and will be analysed with a chi-square test. Secondary outcomes include feasibility and acceptability, emotional competence, personal emotion regulation, gender, and sex.Discussion: This RCT will test whether playing a serious game about iER strategies results in an improvement of iER skills and whether the game is feasible and acceptable for early adolescents with the ultimate aim to implement the game in schools and help early adolescents achieve positive peer relationships.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04808102, Registered 19 March 2021, https://register.clinicaltrials.gov/

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Peer connectedness during the transition to secondary school: a collaborative opportunity for education and social work

Cited by 17 publications

References 41 publications

Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a serious game targeting interpersonal emotion regulation in early adolescents

Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a serious game targeting interpersonal emotion regulation in early adolescents

Peer Relationships and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: Results From the German BELLA Study

Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Serious Game Targeting Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Early Adolescents

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