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Tailored Mindfulness Intervention in Adolescence

NCT03404349 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2019-09-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Approximately 13%-20% of children living in the United States experience a mental health problem in any given year. Youth with mental illness have difficulty in social settings and have poor academic performance that place them at risk for increased stress and poor mental health outcomes. Stress typically manifests as depression, anxiety, or behavioral issues that lead to increasingly complex treatment with psychotropic medication. It would follow that reducing stress may be a way to improve psychological well being, prevent poor mental health outcomes, and hopefully avoid the need for psychotropic medication. Mindfulness teaching is a potentially powerful tool for adolescents because it focuses on reducing stress. Thus far, studies have not engaged adolescents in developing a patient-centered approach to mindfulness Interventions. The current project would be a significant contribution to clinical practice and the scientific evidence for mindfulness interventions. This research targets psychological well-being within a vulnerable adolescent population that is generally underrepresented in research. The research outcomes will be useful to healthcare providers, educators, and parents/families in encouraging optimal outcomes for adolescents. The overall goals of this proposed research project are to develop and assess the feasibility of an adolescent-developed mindfulness intervention.

Conditions

  • Stress
  • Mindfulness
  • Affect

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness for Adolescence Course

There are 6 topics that will each be presented over 2 weeks for the 12 week intervention. Individuals will participate in a one to 1.5 hours, once a week intervention for 12weeks. Mindfulness is the practice of becoming aware of one's present-moment experience with compassion and openness as a basis for wise action. This curriculum is intended to strengthen attention and emotion regulation, cultivate wholesome emotions like gratitude and compassion, expand the repertoire of stress management skills, and help participants integrate mindfulness into daily life. Each lesson includes age-appropriate discussion, activities, and opportunities to practice mindfulness in a group setting.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-01
Primary Completion
2018-12-31
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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