JMIR Publications

ABSTRACT

Background:

There is an increasingly alarming worsening of mental health among the youth. There remain significant unmet needs for the development of innovative, evidence-based technology-enhanced positive psychology-based interventions (PPIs) all-inclusive in targeting psychological distress and risk factors related to high-risk behavior, commonly encountered in adolescents.

Objective:

We aim to check the effectiveness of a hybrid (incorporating both synchronous and asynchronous learning) and holistic (targeting social and emotional learning and tackling risk factors unique for this age-group) PPI, ‘success4life youth empowerment’ in improving well-being in the youth.

Methods:

The current study includes two phases, pilot phase 1, delivered by the creators of the succcess4life youth empowerment modules and platform, and phase 2, which will include estimation of scalability through recruitment of trainers.

Results:

Students’ well-being will be assessed by the 5-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5) and hope will be assessed by the 6-item Children’s Hope Scale (CHS) at week 0, week 8, week 10, month 6, and month 12. Any improvement in ‘well-being’ and ‘hope’ will be measured, estimating the difference in post-intervention (week 8 and week 10) and pre-intervention (week 0) scores, by determining p-value and effect size using appropriate statistical tests.

Conclusions:

We argue that a primarily web-based, 10-week holistic PPI can support improvement in the mental wellness in the youth by the rejection of the null hypothesis and has a potential for effective scalability.