Volunteering as an Intervention to Reduce Depression Among Adolescents: Investigating Neurobiological Mechanisms
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 9
- 试验地点
- 6
- 主要终点
- Participant recruitment
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of the present study is to test in a preliminary manner an innovative strategy for treating depression among adolescents (alongside existing therapy) using community volunteerism.
详细描述
The purpose of the present study is to test in a preliminary manner an innovative strategy for treating depression among adolescents (alongside existing therapy) using community volunteerism. In addition, this study will test a potential mechanism by which volunteering might decrease depressive symptoms: increasing psychosocial assets, specifically decreasing self-orientation and increasing an orientation toward others. This will be measured through self-report as well as using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). This study will be the first study to explore how neural response patterns are potentially altered by intense experiences with volunteerism among depressed adolescents.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 14 Years 至 20 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •age 14-20
- •new mild to moderate depression diagnosis (single episode)
- •new mild to moderate anxiety diagnosis
- •new adjustment disorder diagnosis
- •have been in treatment for < 8 months
- •right-handed
排除标准
- •history of recurrent depressive, anxiety or adjustment disorder episodes
- •have been in treatment > 8 months
- •left-handed
- •expressing suicidal ideation
- •claustrophobia
- •any contraindications for completing an MRI scan
结局指标
主要结局
Participant recruitment
时间窗: 6 months
Number of participants screened (reported by clinical mental health providers)
Participant retention
时间窗: 6 months
Number of participants retained in full study
Depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory)
时间窗: 6 months
Beck Depression Inventory to measure depressive symptoms. Each item is rated on a 4-point scale ranging from 0 to 3. The minimum total score is 0 and the maximum total score is 63. Higher scores denote worse outcome
次要结局
- Self-efficacy(6 months)
- Empathy(6 months)
- Strength of Connectivity in DMN (Default Mode Network)(6 months)
- Hope scale (Abler et al., 2017)(6 months)
- Beck Hopelessness Inventory(6 months)
- Orientation Toward Others(6 months)