Preventing Internalizing in Preadolescents Exposed to Chronic Stress

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Conditions studied: Chronic Stress, Anxiety, Depression

In brief

Racial and socioeconomic disparities in physical and mental health problems are large, persistent, and severe; begin during childhood; and stem from in part damage to physiologic stress response systems caused by chronic stress. Discovery of ways to prevent and/or halt this progression of damage to a child's stress response system may offer new directions for combatting health disparities. This project will evaluate the efficacy of a new prevention program designed to teach preadolescent children effective ways for coping with chronic stress that will have direct effects on their physiologic stress response systems (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis) and ultimately prevent onset of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms and disorders.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02764138

Run by

Penn State University

People needed

105

Starts

2016-04-01

Expected to finish

2025-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-01-24

Who can join

Age: 11 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Child age 11 or 12 at intake
• Family income at or below 200% Federal Poverty Level
• Child speaks English
• Parent speaks English or Spanish

You may not qualify if…

• Intellectual disability
• Autism diagnosis
• Exceeds clinical cutoff for anxiety or depressive disorder

Where it is running

• Hamilton Health Center — Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

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