Impact of Device Free Summer Camp on Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing

NCT07761143 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 333

Last updated 2026-08-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to understand if attendance of a device-free summer camp, representing a shift from a digital environment to one that is device free and involves in person social interaction, can change mental health status and brain physiology in teens age 12-17. The main question it aims to answer is:

* How much is aggregate mental health and its various dimensions and components changed at the end of the camp attendance relative to the start of camp.
* How much is brain physiology, as measured by EEG change, changed at the end of camp relative to the start of camp.

Participants are recruited from among teens signed up to attend 2 or 3.5 week sessions a summer camp in Maine.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Attendance of device-free summer camp

Attendance of a residential device-free summer camp in Maine for 2-3.5 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Tara Thiagarajan, PhD · Sapien Labs

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-01
Primary Completion
2025-08-17
Completion
2025-08-17

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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