A Protocol to Promote Critical Consumption (PCC)
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: psychoeducational programme to promote a critical attitude towards the symbolic consumption of yoghurt in primary school children.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Promote a Critical Attitude Towards the Symbolic Consumption of Youghurt in Primary School Children. Basic parameters: 9 years — 9 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
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Official title
Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Program to Promote a Critical Attitude Towards the Symbolic Consumption of Yoghurt in Primary School Children: Randomized Clinical Trial
Overview
The aim of this randomised controlled trial is to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention called a psychoeducational programme to promote a critical attitude towards the symbolic consumption of yoghurt in primary school children. Specifically, a cluster randomised controlled trial will be conducted in primary schools in Lima, Peru. After informed consent of the tutor psychologists, children and parents, schools will be randomly assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, to the intervention or control group, with a total of 240 fourth grade students and 24 tutor psychologists. The primary and secondary research questions are as follows.
Detailed description
The aim of this randomised controlled trial is to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention called a psychoeducational programme to promote a critical attitude towards the symbolic consumption of yoghurt in primary school children.
Specifically, a cluster randomised controlled trial will be conducted in primary schools in Lima, Peru. After informed consent of the tutor psychologists, children and parents, schools will be randomly assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, to the intervention or control group, with a total of 240 fourth grade students and 24 tutor psychologists. The primary and secondary research questions are as follows.
The primary research question:
• Is the intervention effective in fostering critical attitudes towards symbolic yoghurt consumption in children from pre-test to post-test (Record of symbolic consumption responses: self, parent and facilitator reports)?
The secondary research questions:
* Is the intervention effective in stabilising the child's deductive skills? * Is the main question moderated by the child's gender, physical disability, dysfunctional state and the facilitator's experience? The intervention will take place in the school classroom (2 sessions of 1 hour per week) for 3 consecutive weeks, plus a feedback session (1 hour per week); and a further session with parents (1 hour per week). A set of participatory techniques will be included to help distinguish between symbolic and nutritional aspects of yoghurt (e.g. role play), to help understand the persuasive intent of advertising (e.g. opinion wheel), and to help balance between peer pressure consumption and critical attitude. The control group will carry out the usual teaching and will receive the set of activities after the end of the trial. After two interviews with the child and another interview with the parents, the Symbolic Consumption Response Register will be completed, and the Raven's Progressive Matrices Test-2 will be applied before and immediately after the intervention, both in the control group and in the intervention group. The facilitators of both groups will complete a form immediately after the end of each psychoeducational activity for both children and parents Eligibility Criteria Description Additional inclusion criteria for schools are: (a) access to the classroom within the school, and (b) written informed consent for participation in this study by the 4th grade primary school psychologists. Inclusion criteria for children are: (a) enrolled in 4th grade, (b) give informed consent, (c) have written informed consent from their parents or legal guardians, present normal intelligence according to the Raven's Progressive Matrices Test-2.
Interventions
- Behavioral psychoeducational programme to promote a critical attitude towards the symbolic consumption of yoghurt in primary school children
The promotion of critical consumption in children is to be developed in primary school classrooms. Students will spend a total of 7 hours: (2 sessions of 1 hour per week) for 3 consecutive weeks, plus a feedback session (1 hour per week); and there will be another session with parents (1 hour per week). The psychologist tutor will receive a set of six activities related to discriminating between symbolic and critical yoghurt consumption in children, understanding the persuasive intent of yoghurt
Primary outcome measures
- Change from the child's initial symbolic consumption at 6 weeks [Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks]
- Change from the child's initial symbolic consumption at 19 weeks [Time frame: Baseline, 19 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
- Stability of child's deductive ability at 6 weeks [Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks]
- Stability of child's deductive ability at 19 weeks [Time frame: Baseline, 19 weeks]
- Children's assessment of the psychoeducational programme [Time frame: 6 weeks]
- Child's Sex [Time frame: Baseline]
- Assessment of facilitators' performance [Time frame: Baseline]
- Children's psychosocial or behavioral dysfunction [Time frame: Baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
For children:
- Enrolled in 4th grade
- Provide informed assent
- Have written informed consent from their parents or legal guardians
- Present normal intelligence according to the Raven's Progressive Matrices Test-2
For schools:
- Provide access to the classroom within the school
- Provide written informed consent for participation from 4th grade primary school psychologists
Exclusion criteria
- Not enrolled in 4th grade
- Suffering from a mental disorder
- Repeating 4th grade
- Below normal intelligence according to the Raven-2 Progressive Matrices Test
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Publications
- Money R, Wilde S, Dawson D. Review: The effectiveness of Theraplay for children under 12 - a systematic literature review. Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2021 Sep;26(3):238-251. doi: 10.1111/camh.12416. Epub 2020 Aug 6. PMID 32767491
- Lebiger-Vogel J, Rickmeyer C, Leuzinger-Bohleber M, Meurs P. Fostering Emotional Availability in Mother-Child-Dyads With an Immigrant Background: A Randomized-Controlled-Trial on the Effects of the Early Prevention Program First Steps. Front Psychol. 2022 Apr 7;13:790244. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.790244. eCollection 2022. PMID 35465509
- Vanderbilt KE, Andreason C. The influence of popular media characters on children's object choices. Br J Dev Psychol. 2023 Mar;41(1):1-12. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12434. Epub 2022 Oct 12. PMID 36224492
- Triece P, Massazza A, Fuhr DC. Effectiveness and implementation outcomes for peer-delivered mental health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a mixed-methods systematic review. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2022 Sep;57(9):1731-1747. doi: 10.1007/s00127-022-02294-y. Epub 2022 Apr 29. PMID 35484436
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06996847 · 001-2025-IDI-FCCTP