Testing the Effectiveness and Implementation of a Meditation App for Youth in the Legal System

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Conditions studied: Behavioral Health

In brief

The goals of this hybrid type 2 randomized controlled trial (RCT) are to evaluate the effectiveness and individual-level implementation of a 1-month app-based meditation program with youth on probation in Cook County, IL. The primary questions it is designed to answer are: 1. Is the meditation app associated with improvements in behavioral health outcomes including cannabis use problems? 2. Do improvements in emotion regulation appear to mediate the effects of the meditation app on these behavioral health outcomes? 3. Will youth adequately adhere to the meditation app?

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06997120

Run by

University of Illinois at Chicago

People needed

300

Starts

2025-06-05

Expected to finish

2029-05-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-10

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 13-20 years old
• In probation programming (i.e., in legal programming but not detained) in Cook County
• Have access to an Apple/Android smartphone
• Understand and provide assent/consent
• Have legal guardian permission (if under 18 years old)
• English-speaking, due to norming of instruments

Where it is running

• University of Illinois at Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States (enrolling)

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