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Approaches That Support Mental Health in Post-secondary Students With Adverse Childhood Experiences

NCT03836456 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2019-02-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this study is to understand the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in students and to determine whether Mindfulness based stress resilience training (MBSR) is effective for promoting mental health in students with high ACE scores (\>3). A double-blind randomized control study will examine the efficacy of MBSR in promoting positive change in measures of hope, rumination, forgiveness and stress.

Conditions

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • Mindfulness
  • Students

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness-based Stress Resilience Training

Mindfulness is a form of cognitive training that cultivates self-regulative ability and enhances resilience

BEHAVIORAL

Health Enhancement Program

This is a validated active control developed to serve as a control for mindfulness-based studies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dalhousie University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nancy Ross, PhD · School of Social Work, Faculty of Health,Dalhousie University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-01
Primary Completion
2019-05-01
Completion
2019-09-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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