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Beneficial or Fostering Future Struggles (B.F.F.s)? Characterizing the Role of Friends in the Development of 13- to 17-Year-Old Adolescents

NCT05893459 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2024-07-16

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate how the friendship experiences of maltreated (i.e., abused and/or neglected) and non-maltreated adolescents differentially influence their risk for adverse outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. How do the friendships of maltreated adolescents differ from those of non-maltreated adolescents?
2. Which friendship experiences influence the associations between maltreatment and ability to regulate stress, as well as future mental health difficulties and revictimization?

Participants will:

* Attend the initial study visit on the campus of the University of South Carolina with their primary caregiver and a best friend during which they will:

* Complete study questionnaires
* Be connected to a device that records their physical ability to manage stress
* Complete a task during which they will be audio and video recorded and complete a brief assessment rating how they are feeling at different times during task completion
* Depending on which research group they are placed in, be assigned to discuss their experience doing this task with their friend (intervention group) or sit quietly in a room for 5 minutes (comparison group)
* The follow-up study visit will involve completion of study questionnaires online or via mail 6 months later

Additionally, the participant's caregiver and friend will complete study questionnaires.

Researchers will compare the intervention group (debriefs with a friend) and comparison group (sits quietly for 5 minutes) to see if the presence of and discussion with the friend influences their physical ability to regulate stress and future outcomes.

Conditions

  • Child Maltreatment
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Victimisation
  • Psychopathology
  • Electrocardiography

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Debrief

Post-Stressor Discussion with a Friend

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of South Carolina

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-12-02
Primary Completion
2025-03-01
Completion
2025-03-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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