Middle School to High School Transition Project
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 497
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in Short Moods and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ)
研究概览
简要总结
This study will implement a school-based program to prevent depression, academic failure, and substance use in at-risk adolescents transitioning from middle school to high school.
详细描述
The transition from middle school to high school presents important challenges for adolescents. Programs that enhance personal efficacy and social support resources may prevent at-risk students from developing behaviors that can lead to substance use, academic failure, and depression. This study will implement a skills-based program called Coping and Support Training for the Transition (CAST-T) as a preventive intervention for at-risk students.
At-risk students in eighth grade will be randomly assigned to receive either CAST-T or school as usual. The CAST-T program will initially be delivered in twelve sessions over 6 weeks in the middle school setting. The program includes booster sessions, case management, structured home-based parent education, and support and skills training throughout the transition period. Participants will be assessed from the beginning of eighth grade to the end of ninth grade. Vulnerability to academic problems and depression will be assessed with school records and self-report scale scores.
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
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 12 Years 至 15 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •At-risk for substance abuse, academic failure, and depression
- •Enrolled in eighth grade in Seattle Public Schools
- •English-speaking
排除标准
- •Score above the clinical cutoff on the Youth Self Report Aggressive subscale
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Short Moods and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ)
时间窗: Baseline to 18 months
The Short Moods and Feelings Questionnaire is a 13 item measure of level of self reported depressive symptoms. Each item in scored on a 3-point Likert scale as follows: "True" (0), "Sometimes" (1), and "Not True" (2) rated within the timeframe of the previous two weeks. A total score is obtained; scores can range from 0 to 26. Total scores of 12 or higher may signify that a child/adolescent is suffering from depression. Higher scores on this scale suggest a worse outcome or greater endorsement of depressive symptoms. Change is measured based on two time points baseline to the 18 months follow-up assessment.
次要结局
- School Attachment(18 months)
研究者
Elizabeth McCauley
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington