Biology, Identity & Opportunity Study
Running, not enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Stress, Psychological, Stress, Emotional, Stress, Physiological
In brief
This study will implement an intervention designed to promote ethnic and racial identity development. It is hypothesized that the intervention will have positive effects on ethnic-racial identity development, stress biology (including sleep hours and quality and diurnal cortisol profiles), emotional well-being, executive functioning, and academic outcomes, particularly for minority youth.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03412162
- Run by
- Northwestern University
- People needed
- 400
- Starts
- 2017-12-16
- Expected to finish
- 2032-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-07-20
Who can join
Age: 13 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Three hundred students will be recruited through announcements and presentations in required, non-tracked 9th grade classes at 3 mid-sized, diverse, suburban high schools, through flyers posted around the school, and through e-mails sent and presentations made to students and parent groups.
You may not qualify if…
- The presence of an endocrine disorder or use of corticosteroid based medications.
- Youth who are unable to read in English will be excluded because materials will solely be available in English.
- The study will not include students who do not provide parental consent.
- The study will not include students who do not provide their own assent
- The study will not include pregnant students in this study.
Where it is running
- Beacon Academy — Evanston, Illinois, United States
- District 202 — Evanston, Illinois, United States
- District 219 Niles Township High Schools — Niles, Illinois, United States
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