Leadership, Engagement, and Youth Action Program With Mindfulness (LEAP)

Summary

The current study tests the feasibility and effectiveness of a youth intervention designed to provide meaningful leadership opportunities through the acquisition of leadership skills as well as mindfulness practice, LEAP: Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness.

The goal of our proposal is to determine whether the Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness (LEAP) curriculum, which was developed with youth, is a feasible and effective intervention for fostering leadership and well-being. We seek to understand whether LEAP can support well-being for youth as a strategy to increase youth mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health.

Conditions

• Adolescent Behavior
• Mental Health Wellness 1

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness

The Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness intervention (LEAP) was designed and co-created with youth to improve youth well-being by enhancing leadership opportunities and by developing mindfulness in day-to-day life. LEAP seeks to foster these improvements in youth as a strategy to increase mental, emotional, and behavioral health. Youth voice is incorporated into the intervention, with facilitators leading the first 7 sessions, and youth leading the remainder.

BEHAVIORAL

EnvisionIT

Participants in this arm will receive 14 sessions of EnvisionIT training, focused on preparing students with essential skills including digital literacy through competency in information technology, financial literacy, English language arts skills, and college and career readiness. All sessions will be delivered by facilitators trained in EnvisionIT.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Massachusetts General Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Illinois at Chicago

  collaborator OTHER

• Utah State University

  collaborator OTHER

• Boston University Charles River Campus

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jennifer G Green, PhD · Boston University

• Mario Cruz-Gonzalez, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

14 Years

Max Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-12-15

Primary Completion

2024-05-01

Completion

2024-05-01

Countries

• United States

Study Locations