Master Mind Program Evaluation Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Substance Abuse; Mindfulness
• Interventions: Behavioral: Master Mind

• Registration Number: NCT03212066
• Lead Sponsor: Innovation Research & Training

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of the Master Mind program, a mindfulness education substance abuse prevention program. The program has the goal of enhancing coping strategies and decision-making skills and preventing substance abuse in late elementary school students.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-07-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-07-06
• Study First Posted: 2017-07-11
• Study Start: 2017-08-23
• Primary Completion: 2019-08-30
• Study Completion: 2019-08-30
• Status Verified: 2019-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-12-06
• Last Update Posted: 2019-12-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 518

Inclusion Criteria

• English Fluency

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Master Mind	Master Mind is a 25-lesson elementary school, mindfulness education substance abuse prevention program for 4th and 5th grade classrooms.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Student grades	14 weeks	Teachers will be asked to provide grades for each student for Math and Language Arts.
Change in score on Self-Report Coping Measure	6 weeks	Assesses students' coping in response to stressors.
Change in score on Positive and Negative Affect Scale for Children - Shortened Version (PANAS)	6 weeks	Assesses students' experiences of positive and negative emotions.
Change in score on Willingness to use alcohol or tobacco	6 weeks	Assesses students' willingness to use alcohol or tobacco by responding to imagined situations.
Change in score on The Peer Relations questionnaire	6 weeks	Assesses students' feelings about their classmates.
Change in scores on Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention Test	6 weeks	Assesses students' executive functioning skills via a performance task.
Change in score on Intentions to use alcohol or tobacco	6 weeks	Assesses students' intentions to use alcohol or tobacco in the future.
Change in Iowa Conners Teacher Rating Scale	14 weeks	Assesses teacher ratings of students' inattention and aggression.
Change in score on The Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale for Youth	6 weeks	Assesses students' beliefs about their ability to manage emotions.
Change in score on Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI)	6 weeks	Assesses teacher ratings of students' executive functioning.
Change in score on The Child Behavior Scale (CBS)	6 weeks	Assesses teacher ratings of student behavior and peer relationships.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Student Consumer Satisfaction Questionnaire	6 weeks	Assesses the overall opinions of students in the intervention group about the Master Mind lessons and activities.
Teacher Program Feasibility Questionnaire	6 weeks	Assesses the overall opinions of teachers in the intervention group related to feasibility of the Master Mind program.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

innovation Research & Training; 🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States