Future Leaders Program: Testing a Youth Leadership, Engagement, and Mindfulness Program
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Conditions studied: Adolescent Behavior Problem, Mental Health Wellness 1
In brief
The current study tests the feasibility and effectiveness of a youth intervention designed to provide meaningful leadership opportunities through the acquisition of leadership skills as well as mindfulness practice, LEAP: Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness. The goal of this project is to determine whether the Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness (LEAP) curriculum, which was developed with youth, is a feasible and effective intervention for fostering leadership and well-being. The investigators seek to understand whether LEAP can support wellbeing for youth as a strategy to increase youth mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06736522
- Run by
- Boston University Charles River Campus
- People needed
- 504
- Starts
- 2024-12-16
- Expected to finish
- 2028-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-04
Who can join
Age: 14 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Adolescents ages 14 and older in grades 9-12 during the Fall/Winter or in grades 9-11 during the Spring
- Enrolled in a partner site in Massachusetts or Illinois
- Adolescents are only included with parent consent and youth assent if they are under the age of 18. Adolescents at least 18 years old can provide consent.
You may not qualify if…
- They participated in the pilot phase (UG3)
- They cannot commit to participation in the full study (e.g., attendance at all intervention sessions)
- They are not in grades 9-12 at a partner site
- Parent/guardian has a preferred consent language other than English or Spanish.
Where it is running
- University of Illinois, Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
- METCO — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)
- Boston University — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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