NCT06343740

First Evaluation of COMET-Y

A Pilot Study: A First Evaluation of a Personalized Training Targeting Low Self-esteem: COMET-Y

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Accare · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 11 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this pilot study is to evaluate COMET-Y in 22 adolescents (11-18 years) with various mental health problems and low self-esteem. The main questions is: Does COMET-Y, parallel to care as usual (CAU), improve self-esteem? Before and after the training participants fill in questionnaires to measure self-esteem, mental health problems, resilience, quality of life, emotions and individual goals. Some of the outcomes are measured through diary methods. Youth and therapists will be assessed to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of the COMET-Y training.

Detailed description

Low self-esteem plays an important role in various mental health problems, and targeted treatment of self-esteem could potentially enhance the efficacy of existing treatments. Research in adults shows that self-esteem training improves self-esteem and mental health problems, but in adolescents this is still unknown. COMET-Y is a personalized self-esteem training, specifically developed for adolescents. In this pilot study, 22 adolescents (11-18 years) with various mental health problems and low self-esteem will be included. Participants receive COMET-Y parallel to care as usual (CAU). Before and after the training participants fill in questionnaires to measure self-esteem, mental health problems, resilience, quality of life, emotions and individual goals. Some of the outcomes are measured through diary methods. Feasibility and acceptability of the COMET-Y training will be evaluated with youth and therapists.

Conditions

• Self Esteem
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	COMET-Y	Competitive memory training (COMET) is a transdiagnostic intervention first developed for adults and later adapted to be used in children and adolescents. The adapted version for youth consists of 7 sessions in which participants learn to facilitate activation of functional/positive thoughts instead of relying on dysfunctional/negative thoughts by using positive self-verbalizations, imagery, body posture, and music. In addition, they are challenged to reformulate dysfunctional/negative thoughts into more functional/positive thoughts. As an addition to the original COMET protocol, there is a parent session in which parents receive psycho-education about their influence on self-esteem. Parents learn to be a 'co-therapist' and to support practicing at home and improve generalization.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-01
• Primary completion: 2025-08-01
• Completion: 2026-04-01
• First posted: 2024-04-03
• Last updated: 2024-08-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands