Adolescent Mindfulness Mobile App Study (RCT)
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Rumination, Depression, Anxiety, Self-Injurious Behavior
In brief
Rumination involves focusing on negative emotions repeatedly and is a risk factor for developing depression, anxiety, and self-injury. These negative outcomes increase in adolescence. The main goal of this study is to examine whether a mobile application designed to reduce rumination works with adolescents. The mobile application involves mindfulness exercises. Mindfulness means nonjudgmentally and deliberately paying attention. Adolescents will be randomly assigned to either the mindfulness group or a control group who uses a mobile application without mindfulness exercises. Both groups will use the app three times per day for three weeks and we will follow up with participants for six months. The investigators hypothesize that the mindfulness group will experience a reduction in rumination and symptoms of depression, anxiety and self-injury. They also expect that the mindfulness group will find the mobile app to be more engaging and will continue to use it beyond the 3 weeks.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03900416
- Run by
- Lawrence University
- People needed
- 152
- Starts
- 2019-06-17
- Expected to finish
- 2021-02-03
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-11-08
Who can join
Age: 12 and older, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- adolescent between the ages of 12 and 15 years
- at least moderate levels of rumination (mean score of 2 or above on a 1-4 scale) on the two screening questions
You may not qualify if…
- serious physical or cognitive disability that prevents adolescent from using a mobile device, because that is the intervention delivery method
- inadequate English proficiency to complete questionnaires
Where it is running
- Lawrence University — Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
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