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Project THINK: Trial of a Brief Cognitive Restructuring Intervention

NCT05720741 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 597

Last updated 2024-02-28

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Summary

This project will involve testing a brief (\~30 minute) digital intervention aimed at teaching youth the evidence-based strategy of changing unhelpful thoughts (i.e., cognitive restructuring). The investigators will test the intervention's efficacy compared to an active control condition. Participants (students in grades 5-10 in U.S. schools) will be asked to complete measures of mental health and well-being prior to the intervention as well as 1, 3, and 6-months after the intervention. If the intervention is found to be effective, its brevity and scalability would make it an invaluable resource for supplementing traditional psychotherapy and potentially preventing the onset of mental illness requiring specialized intensive care.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Project THINK

Project THINK is a 30-minute self-guided digital intervention designed to teach children and adolescents how to change the way that they think. Specifically, Project THINK is based on the principles of cognitive restructuring, a core component of cognitive behavioral therapy, a gold standard treatment for internalizing disorders. Project THINK uses vignettes, interactive activities, and engaging graphics to teach youth a systematic strategy for assessing the presence of unhelpful thoughts and replacing them with more helpful ones. Although never formally tested in a randomized trial, Project Think has been used by hundreds of students, and feedback has been very positive.

BEHAVIORAL

Project SHARE

Intervention delivered in a web browser that focuses on encouraging feelings disclosure to trusted others using facts about the brain, testimonials from peers, and writing exercises (also referred to as Sharing Feelings Intervention; Schleider et al., 2021).

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-01
Primary Completion
2023-11-15
Completion
2024-02-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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