Bridging the Divide: A Pioneering Culturally-Specific Mentoring Intervention to Increase Support for At-Risk Youth
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in Psychological Well-Being as measured by Psychological Well-Being (Ryff's 18-item) assessment
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a culturally-specific mentoring intervention to improve socio-emotional skills, psychological well-being, and social support among at-risk youth and to evaluate the proposed mentoring intervention's impact on academic outcomes, social behavior, and caregiver perceptions of social-emotional competencies. Additionally, it seeks to gather stakeholder feedback to refine the intervention further.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 12 Years 至 16 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •actively enrolled in the partnering community organization (e.g., Boys and Girls Clubs)
- •Participants and their caregivers must be able to provide informed assent/consent in English. Parental Consent: Participants must have parental or guardian consent to participate in the study.
- •Self-identifies as a racial-ethnic minority (i.e., Black/African American, Hispanic, etc.)
排除标准
- •Current participation in another mentoring program: To avoid confounding the results, youth currently involved in other mentoring or structured socio-emotional support programs will be excluded.
- •Severe cognitive or developmental disabilities: The study will exclude participants with mental impairments that prevent meaningful engagement in focus groups or intervention activities.
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Psychological Well-Being as measured by Psychological Well-Being (Ryff's 18-item) assessment
时间窗: Baseline, post-intervention (at 10 weeks)
Ryff's 18-item Psychological Well-Being Scale assesses six dimensions of well-being: autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life, and self-acceptance. Each subscale consists of 3 items, rated on a 6-point Likert scale from "Strongly Disagree" (1) to "Strongly Agree" (6). Maximum score is 108 and higher scores indicate greater psychological well-being.
Change in Social Emotional Competence as measured by the Social Emotional Competence Questionnaire (SECQ)
时间窗: Baseline, post-intervention (at 10 weeks)
The SECQ consists of 25 items, divided into five domains:Self-Awareness, Social Awareness, Self-Management, Relationship Skills and Responsible Decision-Making.Each domain includes 5 items and each is scored from 1(never) to 5 (always) for a maximum score of 25 for each domain. An average of all 25 item responses is calculated and score range is 1.0-5.0, higher score indicating greater social emotional competence.
Change in Parenting Sense of Competence as measured by the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC)
时间窗: Baseline, post-intervention (at 10 weeks)
The Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC) contains 16 items and each is scored on a 6-point Likert scale from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 6 (Strongly Agree) for a maximum score of 96, higher scores indicating greater parenting competence.
Change in depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms as measured by the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21)
时间窗: Baseline, post-intervention (at 10 weeks)
DASS-21) is a validated self-report questionnaire that assesses symptoms across three domains: depression, anxiety, and stress. Each domain consists of 7 items rated on a 4-point Likert scale from 0 (Did not apply to me at all)-3( Applied to me very much, or most of the time). Scores for each domain are summed and then multiplied by 2 to match the original DASS-42 scale for a maximum score of 126. Higher scores indicate greater symptom severity.
次要结局
- Change in Academic Self-Efficacy as measured by the Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES)(Baseline, post-intervention (at 10 weeks))
- Change in emotional and behavioral functioning as measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)(pre- and post-intervention assessments (at 10 weeks).)
- Change in perceived social support as measured by the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)(pre- and post-intervention assessments (at 10 weeks).)
- Change in well-being as measured by the Multidimensional Well-Being Assessment (MWBA)(pre- and post-intervention assessments (at 10 weeks).)
研究者
Jarrad Hodge
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston