Tailored Mindfulness Intervention in Adolescence
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Stress, Mindfulness, Affect
In brief
Approximately 13%-20% of children living in the United States experience a mental health problem in any given year. Youth with mental illness have difficulty in social settings and have poor academic performance that place them at risk for increased stress and poor mental health outcomes. Stress typically manifests as depression, anxiety, or behavioral issues that lead to increasingly complex treatment with psychotropic medication. It would follow that reducing stress may be a way to improve psychological well being, prevent poor mental health outcomes, and hopefully avoid the need for psychotropic medication. Mindfulness teaching is a potentially powerful tool for adolescents because it focuses on reducing stress. Thus far, studies have not engaged adolescents in developing a patient-centered approach to mindfulness Interventions. The current project would be a significant contribution to clinical practice and the scientific evidence for mindfulness interventions. This research targets psychological well-being within a vulnerable adolescent population that is generally underrepresented in research. The research outcomes will be useful to healthcare providers, educators, and parents/families in encouraging optimal outcomes for adolescents. The overall goals of this proposed research project are to develop and assess the feasibility of an adolescent-developed mindfulness intervention.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03404349
- Run by
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2018-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-09-25
Who can join
Age: 11 and older, up to 13. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Student at Pinderhughes Middle School
- In 6-8 grade
- Parent or legal guardian, confirmed by school records, is 18 years or older
- Ages 11-13 years old at time of enrollment
You may not qualify if…
- Lack of English fluency in participant or parent/guardian
- Inability to complete measurement tools
- Inability to attend the intervention meetings due to school or personal conflicts
- self-reported pregnancy
- No wards of the state or emancipated minors
Where it is running
- Pinderhughes School — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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