Observational StudyEvaluation of the Building Healthy Life Skills Program

Interventions

Primary outcome measure

• Change in health-related quality of life as assessed by the SF-12, for which scores range from 0 to 100 with higher scores reflecting better quality of life [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, immediately following completion of the intervention, and 3 months following intervention completion ]
• Change in depressive symptoms as assessed by the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression measure, for which averaged rating scores range from 0 to 3 with higher scores reflecting more depressive symptoms [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, immediately following completion of the intervention, and 3 months following intervention completion ]
• Change in stress as assessed by the Perceived Stress Scale, for which averaged rating scores range from 1 to 5 with higher scores reflecting greater stress [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, immediately following completion of the intervention, and 3 months following intervention completion ]
• Change in rumination as an emotion regulation behavior as assessed by the Rumination and Reflections Questionnaire,for which averaged rating scores range from 1 to t with higher scores reflecting more rumination [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, immediately following completion of the intervention, and 3 months following intervention completion ]
• Change in emotional suppression as assessed by the Cortauld Emotional Control Scale (scores range is 1-4, higher scores reflect higher suppression) and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (scores range is 1-5, higher scores reflect higher suppression) [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, immediately following completion of the intervention, and 3 months following intervention completion ]
• Change in mindfulness as an emotional regulation tendency as assessed by the Mindful Awareness Attention Scale, for which averaged rating scores range from 1 to 5 with higher scores reflecting greater mindfulness tendencies [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, immediately following completion of the intervention, and 3 months following intervention completion ]
• Change in cognitive reappraisal as an emotion regulation strategy as assessed by the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, for which averaged rating scores range from 1 to 5 with higher scores reflecting higher use of cognitive reappraisal [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, immediately following completion of the intervention, and 3 months following intervention completion ]
• Change in general self-efficacy as assessed by the General Self-Efficacy Survey, for which averaged rating scores range from 1 to 5 with higher scores reflecting higher sense of self-efficacy in managing challenging situations [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, immediately following completion of the intervention, and 3 months following intervention completion ]
• Change in resilience as assessed by the Ego Resilience 89, for which averaged rating scores range from 1 to 5 with higher scores reflecting higher resilience in managing challenging situations [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, immediately following completion of the intervention, and 3 months following intervention completion ]
• Change in sleep quality as assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Inventory, for which averaged rating scores range from 0 to 21 with higher scores reflecting poorer sleep quality [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, immediately following completion of the intervention, and 3 months following intervention completion ]
• Change in physical health as assessed by self-reported number of sick days in the past month (ranging from 0 to 31) and a the frequency of 17 symptoms each rated 1 to 5 and higher averaged rating scores reflecting higher symptom loads [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, immediately following completion of the intervention, and 3 months following intervention completion ]