Can A Youth Leadership and Mindfulness Program Support Well-being in Adolescence?
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 504
- 试验地点
- 5
- 主要终点
- Engagement, Perseverance, Optimism, Connectedness, and Happiness (EPOCH; Kern et al., 2016) measure of adolescent wellbeing
研究概览
简要总结
The current study tests the feasibility and effectiveness of a youth intervention designed to provide meaningful leadership opportunities through the acquisition of leadership skills as well as mindfulness practice, LEAP: Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness.
The goal of this project is to determine whether the Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness (LEAP) curriculum, which was developed with youth, is a feasible and effective intervention for fostering leadership and well-being. The investigators seek to understand whether LEAP can support wellbeing for youth as a strategy to increase youth mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health.
详细描述
The LEAP study will determine whether a 14-session program designed to provide leadership and mindfulness skills to youth is an effective and feasible intervention. The curriculum consists of 14 two-hour sessions delivered after school. The comparison group will take part in EnvisionIT, a college and career readiness program designed for students in grades 6 through 12. EnvisionIT aims to prepare students with essential skills including digital literacy, and college and career readiness. The comparison group will also have 14 two-hour group sessions. Both LEAP and EnvisionIT will be delivered by trained facilitators. All participants in LEAP and EnvisionIT will be assessed at four time points; facilitators will also complete interviews post-intervention and provide feedback on data fidelity and acceptability following each session. This record reports on the UH3 phase of the grant.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Outcomes assessors will be masked to study condition.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 14 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Adolescents ages 14 and older in grades 9-12 during the Fall/Winter or in grades 9-11 during the Spring
- •Enrolled in a partner site in Massachusetts or Illinois
- •Adolescents are only included with parent consent and youth assent if they are under the age of
- •Adolescents at least 18 years old can provide consent.
排除标准
- •They participated in the pilot phase (UG3)
- •They cannot commit to participation in the full study (e.g., attendance at all intervention sessions)
- •They are not in grades 9-12 at a partner site
- •Parent/guardian has a preferred consent language other than English or Spanish.
研究组 & 干预措施
Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness
The Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness intervention (LEAP) consists of 14 sessions focused on youth leadership and mindfulness.
干预措施: Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness (Behavioral)
EnvisionIT
EnvisionIT is a college and career-readiness program designed for students in grades 6-12. The EnvisionIT program will be delivered over 14 sessions, and focus on skills and career/college readiness.
干预措施: EnvisionIT (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Engagement, Perseverance, Optimism, Connectedness, and Happiness (EPOCH; Kern et al., 2016) measure of adolescent wellbeing
时间窗: Baseline, 2-3 months, 6 months, 9 months
20-item, 5-point scale measuring five positive characteristics that support higher levels of wellbeing: Engagement, Perseverance, Optimism, Connectedness, and Happiness. The scale range is 1-5, higher scores indicate better wellbeing.
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 2001)
时间窗: Baseline, 2-3 months, 6 months, 9 months
25 item multiple choice questionnaire that measures internalizing and externalizing problems and prosocial behavior (emotional, conduct, hyperactivity-inattention, peer, prosocial). The scale range is 0-40, higher scores indicate worse difficulties.
Self-Rated Health 12-item Short-Form Survey (SF-12; Ware et al., 1996)
时间窗: Baseline, 2-3 months, 6 months, 9 months
12 item 5-point survey measuring general health, asking about overall health self-rating, ability to do daily activities, energy levels, and physical and emotional limitations. The scale range is 0-100, higher scores indicate better health.
次要结局
- Student Career Construction Inventory (Savickas, 2018)(Baseline, 2-3 months, 6 months, 9 months)
- Vocational Skills Self-Efficacy (VSSE; McWhirter et al., 2000)(Baseline, 2-3 months, 6 months, 9 months)