Mindfulness
Conditions
Keywords
adolescents, mindfulness, ecological momentary assessment
Brief summary
The overall objective of this study is to investigate a mindfulness-based intervention's feasibility/acceptability and effectiveness for improving eating behaviors and depression symptoms among adolescents (9-18y; 63% living on low-income), referred to a community-based mentoring program for being at-risk for not reaching their full potential (e.g., Department of Human Services involvement, behavioral/emotion problems). As a part of this study, we will also characterize the real-time relationships among life stressors, untrained state mindfulness, and emotion regulation difficulties in adolescents' daily lives and determine to what extent an MBI helps adolescents to maintain mindfulness and emotion regulation in moments when they experience a stressor.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALLearning to Breathe
Learning to Breathe is an evidence-based mindfulness curriculum for adolescents
BEHAVIORALCampus Connections
Campus Connections is a mentoring program for at-risk adolescents
Sponsors
Colorado State University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
9 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Mentees (adolescents) participating in campus connections who are 9-18y and English speaking
Exclusion criteria
* Mentees (adolescents) that are not participating in campus connections
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emotion Regulation | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Short Form (Kaufman et al., 2016) will be used to assess for changes in difficulties with emotion regulation for all participants |
| Reward-based Eating Behaviors | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | Changes in Reward-based eating behaviors for all participants will be assessed with the Reward-based eating behaviors scale (Mason et al., 2017) |
| Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | The Brief problem monitor (Achenbach et al., 2011) will be used to assess for changes in internalizing (e.g., depression symptoms) and externalizing symptoms for all participants. |
| Mindfulness | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | The mindfulness attention and awareness scale (Brown & Ryan, 2003) will be used to assess for changes in mindfulness for all participants |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed