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FEASIBILITY EVALUATION OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY-BASED INTERVENTION FOR ENHANCING SOCIAL SKILLS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PAKISTAN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Last registered on July 21, 2022
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General Information

Title
FEASIBILITY EVALUATION OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY-BASED INTERVENTION FOR ENHANCING SOCIAL SKILLS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PAKISTAN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0009753
Initial registration date
July 15, 2022

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First published
July 21, 2022, 11:27 AM EDT

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Locations

Country
Pakistan
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Iffat Rohail
Affiliation
Foundation University Islamabad
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Shahid Irfan
PI Affiliation
Foundation University Islamabad
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PI Name
Raazia Haseeb
PI Affiliation
Foundation University Islamabad
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PI Name
Uzma Masroor
PI Affiliation
Air University Islamabad
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2022-08-15
End date
2022-12-12
Keywords
Behavior
Additional Keywords
social skills, CBT, intervention, secondary school children
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
Impaired social skills interfere with social, emotional and academic functioning, and are frequently observed in children with emotional and behavioral disorders. Adolescents with social skills deficits have decreased social competence that is related to higher levels of child’s internalizing and externalizing problems. To the best of our knowledge there is a lack of literature regarding social skill training in Pakistani school children, this highlights the critical requirement of indigenous, evidence-based intervention to address these problems. Present study aims to evaluate feasibility and treatment efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy-based intervention for enhancing social skills in secondary school children of Pakistan through a randomized control trial. The sample of 28 students, age range 14-18 years, will be taken from 4 different schools of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. After initial screening participants will be allocated in intervention group and control group. Intervention group will receive cognitive behavior therapy based social skills training, which consists of eight group sessions per week each lasting for 50-60 minutes. Control group will not receive any treatment. The results expected to decrease social skill deficits, performance deficits and self-control deficits among participants.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Haseeb, Raazia et al. 2022. "FEASIBILITY EVALUATION OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY-BASED INTERVENTION FOR ENHANCING SOCIAL SKILLS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PAKISTAN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL." AEA RCT Registry. July 21. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.9753-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2022-08-22
Intervention End Date
2022-10-17

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Social skills deficits in children will decrease. There will be improvement in sub categories of social skills deficits i.e., skill or acquisition deficit, performance deficits and self-control deficits.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Children will learn to generalize the skills by practicing them in new environments. Cognitive Behavior Therapy based social skill training program will provide adolescents with knowledge to perform a social skill and how to perform the skill in accurate manner according to the context or situation. Moreover, they will learn how to exhibit appropriate social skills in presence of competing problem behaviours.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Experimental design
Pre-Post and follow up/baseline design stratified
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
stratified random design
Randomization Unit
student, group level randomization for treatment
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
4
Sample size: planned number of observations
24 students
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
12 control, 12 treatment
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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