StigmatizationNCT06402929
Honest, Open, Proud - College for Post-Secondary Students With Mental Health Challenges
A study testing Honest Open Proud - College (HOP-C) in people with Stigmatization and Mental Health Issue, run by Lakehead University at 1 site in Canada.
Trial summary
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of an online format of the group-based intervention "Honest Open Proud-College" among Canadian post-secondary students. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 17 to 29 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Stigmatization, Mental Health Issue, Disclosure
- What is being tested?
- Honest Open Proud - College (HOP-C)
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 63 participants
- Where
- 1 siteCanada
- Study dates
- 17 Mar 2023to 30 Oct 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 17 to 29 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- Age 17 to 29 years old
- Enrolment in an university or college in Canada
- Self-identify as experiencing mental health challenges
- Moderate level of self-reported self-stigma (score 4 or higher on the screening item "Do you feel ashamed about dealing with anxiety, depression, or any other mental health challenges?", rated from 1, not at all, to 7, very much)
Who cannot join
- -
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Self-stigma and Strategic Disclosure Amongst Canadian Postsecondary Students
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of an online format of the group-based intervention "Honest Open Proud-College" among Canadian post-secondary students.
Read the detailed description
Mental health issues have been highlighted as a growing concern within the post-secondary student population. Studies show that one significant concern for post-secondary students pertains to disclosing their mental challenges to others. Disclosure decisions are especially relevant for postsecondary students in the context of academic and social support. Students with mental health challenges who do not receive helpful accommodations may experience greater stress related to academics. Students also note that, in navigating their social sphere, they often need to consider what aspects of their mental health challenges to share in what situations.
As such, students often need to make decisions about whether to conceal or disclose their mental health challenges, both of which have their own pros and cons. Disclosure is a complex decision that requires consideration of personal and contextual factors. Honest, Open, Proud-College (HOP-C) is a peer-led, group-based intervention, that supports post-secondary students in the process of making decisions to disclose their mental health conditions. This study will evaluate the impacts of HOP-C administered through a videoconferencing platform on personal, social, and disclosure related outcomes.
- Conditions
- Stigmatization, Mental Health Issue, Disclosure
- Being tested
- Honest Open Proud - College (HOP-C)
- Keywords
- Mental Illness, Stigma, Self-Stigma, Post-Secondary Students, Group Intervention, Disclosure
- Medical subject headings
- Stereotyping, Mental Disorders, Social Stigma
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Honest Open Proud - College (HOP-C)Behavioural
The program consists of three weekly workshops that are two hours in duration. There is a fourth booster workshop (two hours in duration) one month following program completion. All workshops will be held over an online videoconferencing platform.
HOP-C is a group program led by trained peer facilitators who have lived mental illness experience. Major topics that the program covers are:
- discussing different types of disclosure;
- conducting a cost-benefit analysis of disclosing in different situations;
- strategies to anticipate how certain people will respond to disclosure when deciding on who to disclose to;
- disclosure via social media; and
- a guided creation of participants' own disclosure narrative.
During the booster workshop, participants will be encouraged to reflect on their disclosure decisions, and periodically revisit their disclosure cost-benefit analysis in deciding if and when to disclose in the future.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Honest Open Proud - College (HOP-C) | Experimental | Not described Receives: Behavioral: Honest Open Proud - College (HOP-C) |
| Waitlist Control | No intervention | Participants randomized to the waitlist control condition complete the study measures at the same timepoints as the experimental group while remaining on a waiting list for the program. Following this, participants randomized to the waitlist are invited to participate in HOP-C without completing study measures. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale-Short Form (Corrigan et al., 2012)
Measured: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Attitudes to Disclosure Questionnaire (Mayer et al., 2022)
Measured: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Empowerment Scale (Rogers et al., 1997)
Measured: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Secondary outcomes (6)
Stigma Stress Scale (Rüsch, Corrigan, Powell, et al., 2009; Rüsch, Corrigan, Wassel, et al., 2009)
Measured: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965)
Measured: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Self-Efficacy about Disclosure Scale (Conley et al., 2019; Rüsch et al., 2014)
Measured: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet et al., 1988)
Measured: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
General Help Seeking Questionnaire (Wilson et al., 2005)
Measured: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Actual Help Seeking Questionnaire (Rickwood et al., 2005)
Measured: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted7 May 2024
- Study start17 Mar 2023
- Primary completion30 Oct 2024
- Study completion30 Oct 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for StigmatizationStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 63 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Lakehead University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06402929
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 1468496
- Status last verified
- Mar 2025
- First submitted
- 3 May 2024
- Last updated
- 6 Mar 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 6 Mar 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Self-stigma and Strategic Disclosure Amongst Canadian Postsecondary Students
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06402929
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 1468496
- Conditions
- Stigmatization, Mental Health Issue, Disclosure
- Keywords
- Mental Illness, Stigma, Self-Stigma, Post-Secondary Students, Group Intervention, Disclosure
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 63 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Lakehead UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Study start
- 17 Mar 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Oct 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Oct 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 7 May 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of an online format of the group-based intervention "Honest Open Proud-College" among Canadian post-secondary students.
Detailed description
Mental health issues have been highlighted as a growing concern within the post-secondary student population. Studies show that one significant concern for post-secondary students pertains to disclosing their mental challenges to others. Disclosure decisions are especially relevant for postsecondary students in the context of academic and social support. Students with mental health challenges who do not receive helpful accommodations may experience greater stress related to academics. Students also note that, in navigating their social sphere, they often need to consider what aspects of their mental health challenges to share in what situations.
As such, students often need to make decisions about whether to conceal or disclose their mental health challenges, both of which have their own pros and cons. Disclosure is a complex decision that requires consideration of personal and contextual factors. Honest, Open, Proud-College (HOP-C) is a peer-led, group-based intervention, that supports post-secondary students in the process of making decisions to disclose their mental health conditions. This study will evaluate the impacts of HOP-C administered through a videoconferencing platform on personal, social, and disclosure related outcomes.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Honest Open Proud - College (HOP-C) | Experimental | Behavioral: Honest Open Proud - College (HOP-C) |
| Waitlist Control | No intervention | –Participants randomized to the waitlist control condition complete the study measures at the same timepoints as the experimental group while remaining on a waiting list for the program. Following this, participants randomized to the waitlist are invited to participate in HOP-C without completing study measures. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 17 to 29 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Age 17 to 29 years old
- Enrolment in an university or college in Canada
- Self-identify as experiencing mental health challenges
- Moderate level of self-reported self-stigma (score 4 or higher on the screening item "Do you feel ashamed about dealing with anxiety, depression, or any other mental health challenges?", rated from 1, not at all, to 7, very much)
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- -
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Honest Open Proud - College (HOP-C)The program consists of three weekly workshops that are two hours in duration. There is a fourth booster workshop (two hours in duration) one month following program completion. All workshops will be held over an online videoconferencing platform. HOP-C is a group program led by trained peer facilitators who have lived mental illness experience. Major topics that the program covers are: 1. discussing different types of disclosure; 2. conducting a cost-benefit analysis of disclosing in different situations; 3. strategies to anticipate how certain people will respond to disclosure when deciding on who to disclose to; 4. disclosure via social media; and 5. a guided creation of participants' own disclosure narrative. During the booster workshop, participants will be encouraged to reflect on their disclosure decisions, and periodically revisit their disclosure cost-benefit analysis in deciding if and when to disclose in the future. | Behavioural | Honest Open Proud - College (HOP-C) |
Primary outcome
Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale-Short Form (Corrigan et al., 2012)
Time frame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Attitudes to Disclosure Questionnaire (Mayer et al., 2022)
Time frame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Empowerment Scale (Rogers et al., 1997)
Time frame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
6 secondary outcomes
Stigma Stress Scale (Rüsch, Corrigan, Powell, et al., 2009; Rüsch, Corrigan, Wassel, et al., 2009)
Time frame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965)
Time frame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Self-Efficacy about Disclosure Scale (Conley et al., 2019; Rüsch et al., 2014)
Time frame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet et al., 1988)
Time frame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
General Help Seeking Questionnaire (Wilson et al., 2005)
Time frame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Actual Help Seeking Questionnaire (Rickwood et al., 2005)
Time frame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 6 Mar 2025.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Honest Open Proud - College (HOP-C) in people with Stigmatization and Mental Health Issue, run by Lakehead University at 1 site in Canada.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Mar 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale-Short Form (Corrigan et al., 2012) (time frame: Baseline, Post Intervention (3 weeks), and Post Booster (7 weeks)). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Mar 2025.