An interventional study of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Emotional Problem and Behavior Problem, sponsored by Fatima Jinnah Women University. Recruiting at 1 site in Pakistan. Open to participants aged 13 Years to 17 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-01-29.
Sponsored by Fatima Jinnah Women University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Current study will be conducted on the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Emotional and Behavioural Problems of Students with Visual Impairment. Mindfulness-based Intervention that is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) will be used in the current study which is adapted and translated in Urdu language; the pilot trial of MBSR will be conducted after adaptation and translation.
The present study will be conducted in two phases
The study is designed to assess the Emotional and Behavioural Problems (EBPs) of Students with Visual Impairment studying at special education schools for impaired vision and to evaluate the relationship between the scores of psychosocial predictors that are associated with EBPs and selected demographic variables of these students. According to a literature review among all types of disabilities, a high occurrence of psychological disorder was found in VI children. So, the present study aimed to assist students with visual impairment in controlling the occurrence of different emotional and behavioural problems. Additionally, the current study will be advantageous for instructors, coaches, and policymakers to consider the role of educational psychologists in special school settings. Visual impairment can cause problems in daily life, but a person with sound mental health can better deal with it. So, the present study will contribute a lot to society by improving the life quality of these special children. Students with visual impairment in their school settings will utilize the practice of MBSR to reduce stress and to increase their emotional and adaptive behaviours. The purpose of current research is to integrate mindfulness practices in special school settings to provide the behavioural support for adolescents with visual disabilities so that they can be more successful both socially and academically.
Sample The present study will be conducted with students who will be Visually Impaired (partial or complete). Data will also be collected from their respective parents. The sample will be taken from different schools of blinds, centers, and special schools in Rawalpindi/Islamabad. The age group of samples will range from 13 to 17 years. Purposive sampling will be used and those participants will be selected who will be available and volunteer to participate at the time of data collection. Data will be collected in one-on-one interviews by oral administration of questionnaires.
MBSR will be translated and adapted into Urdu language. Permission to translate into Urdu language will be taken from the relevant authority. In the first phase, participants will be initially asked about demographic variables. The researcher would identify the psychosocial predictors of emotional and behavioural problems of students with Visual Impairment based on the scores of Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), Parental Acceptance and Rejection Questionnaire (Child PARQ), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale-Adolescents (MAAS-A). Further emotional and behavioural problems of the students with visual impairment will identify by SDQ Self and SDQ Parent report form scores. Participants will be assured about the confidentiality of the data and its findings that will only be used for the cause of the research project.
In the second phase cohort would be identified from the participants who would score high on DASS-21, Child PARQ, SDQ Self, and SDQ Parent report form and low on MSPSS \& MAAS-A. They would be screened out as potential cohorts for Randomized Control trials (RCT). Participants would be randomly assigned to interventional and control groups by using the random number method. Participants who would be assigned to the interventional group will be exposed to the Urdu-translated and adapted Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training. Students who would be assigned to the interventional group will receive 8 weeks of therapeutic intervention however the students who are randomly assigned to the control group will be given no intervention. The MBSR training program consisted of 8-week group sessions with a duration of 50 to 90 minutes each. Each week will focus on a particular theme related to the emotional and behavioural problems of students with Visual Impairment. After the successful completion of 8 weeks of MBSR training both groups will appear for post-assessment. The same aforementioned measures will be used in post-assessment.
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A structured MBSR training for this study will be given to the intervention group of students with visual impairment. The intervention will include body scan, sitting meditation, yoga, breathing exercises, guided mindfulness, loving kindness, etc exercises to improve the emotional and behavioural problems of students with visual impairment.
Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
The Wait-list control group will receive no intervention. This group will serve as a comparison group to evaluate the specific effect of the mindfulness based intervention.
A therapeutic approach called mindfulness-based stress reduction, or MBSR, aims to reduce emotional and behavioral problems by fostering mindfulness, which is an impartial awareness of the present moment. MBSR will be an 8-week training course for students with visual impairment. MBSR training, translated and adapted in Urdu language that includes 8 audios and worksheets corresponding to each week. Worksheets to record home practice will be filled upon receiving oral feedback from the students with visual impairment. Face-to-face group-based sessions will be conducted weekly.
Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (Self Report Version)
It has 25 items, with subscales that generate scores for emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behaviour. It is a 3-point Likert-type scale. The Self Report Version score ranges from minimum to maximum which is 0 to 50. Low scores indicate better outcomes and high scores indicate worse outcomes which is high Emotional and Behavioural Problems in students with visual impairment.
Time frame: 2 Months
Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (Parent Report Version)
It has 25 items that measures the same attributes as the self-report version. It is a 3-point Likert type scale. The Parent Report Version score ranges from minimum to maximum which is 0 to 50. Low scores indicate better outcomes whereas high scores indicate worse outcomes that is high Emotional and Behavioural Problems in students with visual impairment.
Time frame: 2 Months
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 is a comprehensive measure for depression, anxiety, and stress. it is a four-point Likert-type scale. The score ranges from minimum to maximum which is 0 to 63. Low scores indicate better outcomes whereas high scores indicate worse outcomes that is high Psychological Distress.
Time frame: 2 Months
Child Parent Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire
It is a self-report measure to identify perception of individual about the parental treatment that he/she received during childhood. It has four subscales that are Warmth/Affection, Hostility/Aggression, Indifference/Neglect, and Undifferentiated rejection. It has two versions; mother and father. Each consists of 24 items on a 4 point Likert-type scale. The score range of the scale from minimum to maximum is 24 to 96. Low scores indicate the better outcome which is the lowest rejection and highest acceptance whereas high scores indicate the worse outcome which is the highest rejection and lowest acceptance.
Time frame: 2 Months
Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
It is a self-report inventory which is used to assess persons' perception of social support that they receive from the family, friends or significant others in stressful situations. It contains 12 items with 7 point likert type scale. The score range of the scale from minimum to maximum is 12 to 84. Low scores indicate a worse outcome that is low level of perceived social support whereas as high score indicate better outcome.
Time frame: 2 Months
Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale-Adolescents
It is a 14-item scale measuring the development of mindfulness. The score range of the scale from minimum to maximum is 14 to 84. Low scores indicate a worse outcome that is low level of mindfulness whereas a high score indicates a better outcome.
Time frame: 2 Months
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Started Sep 2023 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jun 2024, 9 months after the start.
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