Effectiveness of Take it Personal!

Summary

A controlled pre-post design study on Take it Personal! has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing the frequency and severity of youth use of alcohol, cannabis or other illicit drugs. Take it Personal! is an existing indicated prevention programme for substance use in youth with a mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning that addresses each participant's high-risk personality traits for substance abuse. The current Take it Personal! programme is further developed and optimized in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. In particular, the investigators aim to integrate personalized daily diary monitoring in the programme so that trainers can monitor client progresses closely and gain insights into change mechanisms, providing starting points for therapeutic efforts in programme sessions. The investigators conduct a series of case studies with a non-concurrent multiple baseline design to evaluate the effectiveness of Take it Personal!. The baseline lengths are randomly determined, and therefore the start of the intervention is staggered across participants.

Conditions

• Alcohol Use
• Drug Use
• Mild Intellectual Disability, IQ 50-70
• Borderline Intellectual Disabilities (Intelligence Quotient 70-85)
• Personality
• Adolescent Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Take it Personal!

Take it Personal! is a six-week indicated prevention program for youth with a mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning. The program aims to teach youngsters skills to reduce their substance use (alcohol, cannabis, and other drugs). The prevention program differentiates four personality profiles associated with a higher risk for problematic substance use: sensation seeking, impulsivity, anxiety sensitivity and negative thinking. For each of the four personality profiles, different program outlines were developed that are similar in structure but have their own personality-specific materials, games and (psychomotor) exercises. There are weekly individual- and group sessions with three to four participants, led by a clinical psychologist and a psychomotor therapist. Motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapeutic principles are applied, both of which have proven effectiveness in decreasing substance use the target group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Pluryn

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Behavioural Science Institute

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Evelien Poelen, PhD · Radboud University and Pluryn

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

14 Years

Max Age

30 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-08-01

Primary Completion

2024-08-01

Completion

2024-08-01

Countries

• Netherlands

Study Locations