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Feasibility Trial of a Correctional Management for Juvenile Offenders

NCT07516080 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-04-07

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a structured Correctional Management intervention can be feasibly implemented with incarcerated juveniles in a correctional institution. It will also assess whether the research procedures can be successfully carried out with this population.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Can participants be effectively recruited, retained, and engaged, and can the intervention be delivered acceptably with adequate therapist adherence and complete outcome data collection?
2. Does the intervention demonstrate preliminary effectiveness? Researcher will compare an experimental (intervention) group to a control group receiving standard institutional management to see if the intervention can be practically delivered and is associated with initial changes in outcomes.

Participants will:

1. Be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group
2. Complete assessments at baseline (before the intervention) and post-intervention
3. Attend structured intervention sessions (if assigned to the experimental group)
4. Complete standardized self-report measures assessing emotional and behavioral difficulties, psychological capital, criminal thinking styles, attitudes toward seeking mental health services, emotion regulation, and moral disengagement

Conditions

  • Juvenile Delinquency

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

A Correctional Management for Juvenile Offenders

Juveniles often face a range of psychological, emotional, and behavioral difficulties that contribute to their engagement in harmful or delinquent behaviors such as theft, physical fights, property offenses, and in some cases more serious acts including violent or sexual offenses and drug-related activities. Many struggle with impulsivity, difficulty in regulating their emotions, moral disengagement, and difficulties in understanding the consequences of their actions. This structured therapeutic intervention aims to support psychological rehabilitation of incarcerated juveniles through 15 group-based sessions. The program targets emotional awareness, emotion regulation, cognitive restructuring, accountability, empathy, understanding consequences of behavior, consent awareness, identity development, relapse prevention, and future planning to promote reintegration.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of the Punjab

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-03-11
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-06-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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