Participants and sample size
neurological impairments, cognitive impairment
MINOR
We enrolled participants of any nationality (i.e. Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian) if they met the following inclusion criteria: (i) aged between 10 and 14 years; (ii) resided with a caregiver who provided consent; and (iii) screened positive for psychological distress during screening. Participants were excluded if they meet any of the following criteria: (i) unaccompanied minor; (ii) caregiver was not a family member, as they were not able to provide legal consent; (iii) significant cognitive impairment or severe neurological impairments or developmental difficulties as determined by caregiver-report during screening, where this would impair their ability to participate in a group intervention; (iv) imminent risk of suicide, and; (v) currently married, due to legal consent and protection concerns. Any eligible children in a household were included in the study but siblings were randomised as a single unit to prevent allocation to different intervention arms. No power calculations were conducted as we did not aim to test for statistical differences between trial arms in this feasibility study. Instead, we aimed to enrol approximately 32 adolescents in each arm, which would result in approximately four EASE groups (approximately 6–8 adolescents per group). This was deemed sufficient to allow us to test our procedures and address the aims of this study.