Does a Novel Intervention Targeting Derailment Decrease Depressive Symptoms?

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Conditions studied: Depression, Depressive Symptoms, Derailment, Anxiety

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the efficacy of a reflective journaling intervention-"Me Through Time"- in decreasing levels of derailment, and its impact on downstream depressive symptoms.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06265701
Run by: Cornell University
People needed: 116
Starts: 2024-02-15
Expected to finish: 2024-03-12
Last updated by the study team: 2024-10-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 29. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Participants must be aged 18-29.
Participants must be fluent in English.
Participants must have attended at least one semester of college.
Participants must live in the United States
Participants must have a score on the Derailment Scale of at least 37 at pre-assessment.
Participants must have a score on the Beck Depression Inventory II of at least 20 at pre- assessment.
Participants must have a score on the GAD-7 of at least 10 at pre-assessment.
Participants must be willing and able to engage in a 2-week reflective journaling experience.

You may not qualify if…

Those outside of the specified age range.
Those who are not fluent in English.
Those who have not attended at least one semester of college.
Those who do not live in the United States.
Those who have a score on the Derailment Scale of less than 37 at pre-assessment.
Those have a score on the Beck Depression Inventory II of less than 20 at pre- assessment.
Those who have a score on the GAD-7 of less than 10 at pre-assessment.
Those who are neither willing nor able to engage in a 2-week reflective journaling experience.

Where it is running

Cornell University — Ithaca, New York, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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