Adolescent Social and Emotional DevelopmentSEDESPNCT07253636
Social and Emotional Development Support Program for Adolescents: Effects on Belonging, Meaning in Life, Authenticity, Well-Being, and Resilience
A study testing Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program in people with Adolescent Social and Emotional Development, run by Hacettepe University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program on adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 14 to 15 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Adolescent Social and Emotional Development
- What is being tested?
- Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 60 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 8 Oct 2025to 26 Mar 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
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 14 to 15 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Adolescents aged between 14 and 15 years
- Ninth-grade students enrolled in public high schools located in the Defne district of Hatay
- Individuals who resided in the Defne district on February 6, 2023
- Students who voluntarily agree to participate and whose parental consent has been obtained
- Students who are able to attend all program sessions regularly
Who cannot join
- Students who did not reside in the Defne district on February 6, 2023
- Students with special educational needs or those reported by school counselors or parents to have developmental or psychiatric diagnoses
- Students who are simultaneously participating in another psychosocial intervention program
- Students with cognitive limitations that prevent them from completing the study assessments
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: An Examination of the Effects of the Social and Emotional Development Support Program on Adolescents' Sense of Belonging, Meaning in Life, Emotional Authenticity, Well-Being, and Psychological Resilience
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program on adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. The study will be conducted with 9th-grade students studying in Defne district of Hatay, Türkiye, one of the regions affected by the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake that occurred on February 6, 2023. A pre-test/post-test control group experimental design will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
Read the detailed description
This study aims to examine the effects of the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program, which will be implemented with ninth-grade students studying in the Defne district of Hatay, on adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. The research will be carried out with adolescents living in Defne, one of the districts of Hatay most affected by the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake that occurred in Türkiye on February 6, 2023. The study is designed as a pre-test/post-test control group experimental design. Participants will be randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group will receive the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program, whereas no intervention will be provided to the control group during the study period. Data will be collected using a demographic information form and standardized instruments assessing adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. The findings are expected to contribute to the social and emotional development of adolescents affected by the earthquake and to enrich the existing body of literature.
- Being tested
- Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program
- Keywords
- Adolescents, Social and emotional development, Well-being, Belonging, Meaning in life, Emotional authenticity, Resilience
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Social and Emotional Developmental Support ProgramBehavioural
A structured program designed to promote adolescents' social and emotional development. The program includes interactive sessions aimed at enhancing belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. It will be implemented in a school setting through group-based activities and reflective discussions.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program | Experimental | Participants in this group will receive the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program, which aims to enhance adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. The program will be implemented over several structured sessions conducted in a school setting. Receives: Behavioral: Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program |
| No Intervention (Assessment Only Control Group) | No intervention | Participants in this group will not receive any intervention during the study period. They will complete the same pre- and post-test assessments as the experimental group. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
The General Belongingness Scale
Participants' sense of belonging will be assessed using the General Belongingness Scale. The General Belongingness Scale is answered on a four-point Likert scale with the options "(1) Strongly disagree, (2) Somewhat disagree, (3) Mostly agree, (4) Strongly agree." Six items represent the rejection/exclusion dimension, while the remaining six items reflect the acceptance/inclusion dimension. When all 12 items are evaluated together, a total belongingness score is obtained. In this context, higher total scores indicate higher levels of general belongingness among adolescents.
Measured: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Meaning in Life Questionnaire
Participants' perceived meaning in life will be assessed using the Meaning in Life Questionnaire. Higher scores on the Presence of Meaning subscale indicate that individuals perceive their lives as more meaningful and purposeful, whereas higher scores on the Search for Meaning subscale reflect greater efforts to find or develop meaning in life. When calculating the total score by reverse-coding the Search subscale, a higher overall score signifies a stronger sense of meaning in life.
Measured: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Emotional Authenticity Scale
Participants' emotional authenticity will be measured using the Emotional Authenticity Scale. The Emotional Authenticity Scale is a 20-item self-report measure assessing the extent to which individuals express their emotions in a genuine, coherent, and self-consistent manner. Items are rated on a 1-5 Likert scale. Five items from the "Acceptance of External Influence" subscale and seven items from the "Emotional Avoidance" subscale are reverse-scored. Higher total scores indicate greater emotional authenticity.
Measured: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
EPOCH Well-being Scale
Participants' well-being levels will be assessed using the EPOCH Well-Being Measure. The scale consists of five subscales and a total of 20 items. Higher scores on each subscale indicate a greater level of the specific characteristic assessed by that dimension. In addition, the scale provides an overall well-being score. During scoring, mean scores are calculated for each subscale as well as for the total scale.
Measured: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Psychological Resilience Attitude and Skills Scale
Participants' resilience levels will be measured using the Resilience Attitude and Skill Scale. It is a 34-item, single-factor measurement tool rated on a four-point Likert scale. There are no reverse-scored items in the scale. Higher scores indicate higher levels of psychological resilience.
Measured: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 Nov 2025
- Study start8 Oct 2025
- Primary completion30 Jan 2026
- Study completion26 Mar 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Adolescent Social and Emotional DevelopmentStudies 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
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups before baseline measurements. After the groups are determined, pre-test data will be collected from both groups. The Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program will be administered to the experimental group, while the control group will receive no intervention during the study period. Following the completion of the program, post-test data will be collected from both groups to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Hacettepe University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Didem Aslanyürek, Hacettepe University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07253636
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- DIDEM-ASLANYUREK-INTERV-2025
- Other IDs
- E-68552689-302.08-00003594733
- Acronym
- SEDESP
- Status last verified
- Mar 2026
- First submitted
- 19 Nov 2025
- Last updated
- 5 Mar 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: The individual participant data will not be shared due to ethical considerations and confidentiality requirements. The dataset includes sensitive information from adolescent participants collected in a school setting, and sharing such data could compromise participant privacy. The data will not be shared with third parties except for scientific purposes within the approved research framework.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 5 Mar 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- An Examination of the Effects of the Social and Emotional Development Support Program on Adolescents' Sense of Belonging, Meaning in Life, Emotional Authenticity, Well-Being, and Psychological Resilience
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07253636
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SEDESP / DIDEM-ASLANYUREK-INTERV-2025
- Keywords
- Adolescents, Social and emotional development, Well-being, Belonging, Meaning in life, Emotional authenticity, Resilience
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Hacettepe UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 8 Oct 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Jan 2026 (actual)
- Study completion
- 26 Mar 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 28 Nov 2025 (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.
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program on adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. The study will be conducted with 9th-grade students studying in Defne district of Hatay, Türkiye, one of the regions affected by the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake that occurred on February 6, 2023. A pre-test/post-test control group experimental design will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
Detailed description
This study aims to examine the effects of the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program, which will be implemented with ninth-grade students studying in the Defne district of Hatay, on adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. The research will be carried out with adolescents living in Defne, one of the districts of Hatay most affected by the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake that occurred in Türkiye on February 6, 2023. The study is designed as a pre-test/post-test control group experimental design. Participants will be randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group will receive the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program, whereas no intervention will be provided to the control group during the study period. Data will be collected using a demographic information form and standardized instruments assessing adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. The findings are expected to contribute to the social and emotional development of adolescents affected by the earthquake and to enrich the existing body of literature.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups before baseline measurements. After the groups are determined, pre-test data will be collected from both groups. The Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program will be administered to the experimental group, while the control group will receive no intervention during the study period. Following the completion of the program, post-test data will be collected from both groups to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program | Experimental | Behavioral: Social and Emotional Developmental Support ProgramParticipants in this group will receive the Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program, which aims to enhance adolescents' sense of belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. The program will be implemented over several structured sessions conducted in a school setting. |
| No Intervention (Assessment Only Control Group) | No intervention | –Participants in this group will not receive any intervention during the study period. They will complete the same pre- and post-test assessments as the experimental group. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 14 to 15 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Adolescents aged between 14 and 15 years
- Ninth-grade students enrolled in public high schools located in the Defne district of Hatay
- Individuals who resided in the Defne district on February 6, 2023
- Students who voluntarily agree to participate and whose parental consent has been obtained
- Students who are able to attend all program sessions regularly
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Students who did not reside in the Defne district on February 6, 2023
- Students with special educational needs or those reported by school counselors or parents to have developmental or psychiatric diagnoses
- Students who are simultaneously participating in another psychosocial intervention program
- Students with cognitive limitations that prevent them from completing the study assessments
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Social and Emotional Developmental Support ProgramA structured program designed to promote adolescents' social and emotional development. The program includes interactive sessions aimed at enhancing belonging, meaning in life, emotional authenticity, well-being, and resilience. It will be implemented in a school setting through group-based activities and reflective discussions. | Behavioural | Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program |
Primary outcome
The General Belongingness Scale
Time frame: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Participants' sense of belonging will be assessed using the General Belongingness Scale. The General Belongingness Scale is answered on a four-point Likert scale with the options "(1) Strongly disagree, (2) Somewhat disagree, (3) Mostly agree, (4) Strongly agree." Six items represent the rejection/exclusion dimension, while the remaining six items reflect the acceptance/inclusion dimension. When all 12 items are evaluated together, a total belongingness score is obtained. In this context, higher total scores indicate higher levels of general belongingness among adolescents.
Meaning in Life Questionnaire
Time frame: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Participants' perceived meaning in life will be assessed using the Meaning in Life Questionnaire. Higher scores on the Presence of Meaning subscale indicate that individuals perceive their lives as more meaningful and purposeful, whereas higher scores on the Search for Meaning subscale reflect greater efforts to find or develop meaning in life. When calculating the total score by reverse-coding the Search subscale, a higher overall score signifies a stronger sense of meaning in life.
Emotional Authenticity Scale
Time frame: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Participants' emotional authenticity will be measured using the Emotional Authenticity Scale. The Emotional Authenticity Scale is a 20-item self-report measure assessing the extent to which individuals express their emotions in a genuine, coherent, and self-consistent manner. Items are rated on a 1-5 Likert scale. Five items from the "Acceptance of External Influence" subscale and seven items from the "Emotional Avoidance" subscale are reverse-scored. Higher total scores indicate greater emotional authenticity.
EPOCH Well-being Scale
Time frame: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Participants' well-being levels will be assessed using the EPOCH Well-Being Measure. The scale consists of five subscales and a total of 20 items. Higher scores on each subscale indicate a greater level of the specific characteristic assessed by that dimension. In addition, the scale provides an overall well-being score. During scoring, mean scores are calculated for each subscale as well as for the total scale.
Psychological Resilience Attitude and Skills Scale
Time frame: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).
Participants' resilience levels will be measured using the Resilience Attitude and Skill Scale. It is a 34-item, single-factor measurement tool rated on a four-point Likert scale. There are no reverse-scored items in the scale. Higher scores indicate higher levels of psychological resilience.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 5 Mar 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. The individual participant data will not be shared due to ethical considerations and confidentiality requirements. The dataset includes sensitive information from adolescent participants collected in a school setting, and sharing such data could compromise participant privacy. The data will not be shared with third parties except for scientific purposes within the approved research framework.
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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 Social and Emotional Developmental Support Program in people with Adolescent Social and Emotional Development, run by Hacettepe University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
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 5 inclusion and 4 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Mar 2026. 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 Turkey (Türkiye). 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?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
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?
The General Belongingness Scale (time frame: Baseline (pre-test) and after completion of the intervention (approximately 11 weeks).). The study lists 5 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 5 Mar 2026.