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Feasibility & Acceptability of a Culturally Adapted Socio Emotional Learning Intervention for Pakistani Adolescents

Pakistan120 participantsStarted 2026-04-01

Plain-language 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.

Who can participate

Age range10 Years – 14 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Students enrolled in Grade 6
✓. Present at school on the day of the baseline assessment, the endpoint outcome assessment, or both

Exclusion criteria

✕. are at high risk of imminent suicide as reported by the students themselves or parents/primary caregivers, or identified by the trained assessment team during assessments.
✕. have acute medical conditions who require immediate or ongoing inpatient medical or psychiatric care, as reported by students themselves or parents/primary caregivers or identified by the trained assessment team during assessments.
✕. have deafness, blindness and speech difficulties or with severe mental, neurological or substance use disorders (e.g., psychosis, mutism, intellectual disability, autism or drug dependence) identified by the trained assessment team during assessments.

What they're measuring

Social Emotional Abilities and Learning (SEAL)

Timeframe: From baseline to one day post-intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07434531

SponsorNational University of Science and Technology, Pakistan

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-04-20

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