Teenage Health and Wellness Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Stress, Externalizing Symptoms, Depression Symptoms, Anxiety

In brief

This study evaluates the effects of mindfulness on physiological stress mechanisms implicated in externalizing behaviors and symptoms of affective and traumatic stress among urban adolescents. Program effects on stress physiology will be evaluated using pre- and post-tests of heart rate variability (HRV) during a stress task. Emotional and behavioral outcomes will be measured using student and teacher ratings.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03989934

Run by

Penn State University

People needed

203

Starts

2019-02-05

Expected to finish

2022-06-22

Last updated by the study team

2023-01-10

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 16. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must be in the 9th grade at one of the Baltimore City Public Schools participating in the study
• Must provide parental permission and assent.

You may not qualify if…

• Students in foster care
• Students in self-contained special education classrooms

Where it is running

• Baltimore City Public Schools — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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