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Feasibility & Acceptability of a Culturally Adapted Socio Emotional Learning Intervention for Pakistani Adolescents
Sponsor: National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan
Summary
The aim of the study is to improve socioemotional learning skills of adolescents in public school settings of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of culturally adapted social and emotional learning intervention through feasibility cluster randomized controlled trial. In the current study, 4 schools will be randomized to intervention and control arms, stratified by gender. The study participants will be adolescents studying in government schools.
Official title: Feasibility and Acceptability of Implementing and Scaling up a Culturally Adapted Universal Socio-emotional Intervention for School-going Adolescents in Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A Feasibility Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (cRCT)
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
10 Years - 14 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
120
Start Date
2026-04-01
Completion Date
2026-04-20
Last Updated
2026-04-06
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Magnificent Mei & Friends Comic Series
It is a multicomponent universal intervention that has been designed to promote socioemotional life skills among adolescents 10-14. Based on evidence-based effective program components, the intervention has potential to improve adolescent mental health and reduce risky behavior. It is resource-effective where the facilitator learns skills through self-study and reflection. The intervention comprises empirically supported strategies, delivered via group sessions in classroom. Each session is further subdivided; the individual subdivided session lasts from 20 minutes to 30 minutes. The intervention material consists of 1. Magnificent Mei and Friends Comic Series 2. Facilitator's Guide to the Magnificent Mei \& Friends Comic Series. The comics represent life scenarios and situations young adolescents face in their daily lives. With the help of the comics, the facilitator teaches social and emotional skills to adolescents.
Locations (1)
NUST
Islamabad, Pakistan