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Identity & Academic Skills Intervention for Stress Management (BIO Trial)

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Led By Emma K Adam, PhD

Research Sponsored by Northwestern University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be younger than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up measured within 1 year after completing the 8 week intervention and control curricula.

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BIO Trial Summary

This trial will test an intervention to help minority youth with stress, sleep, and school performance.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for 9th grade students at three diverse, suburban high schools. Participants must be able to read English and provide both their own assent and parental consent. Students with endocrine disorders, those on corticosteroid medications, or who are pregnant cannot participate.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests an intervention aimed at boosting ethnic and racial identity development in minority youth. It will also assess the impact on stress biology (like sleep quality), emotional well-being, executive functioning, and academic performance.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this is a psychological/educational intervention rather than a medical treatment, traditional side effects are not expected. However, participants may experience changes in stress levels or emotional responses due to the nature of the interventions.

BIO Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ measured within 1 year after completing the 8 week intervention and control curricula.

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~measured within 1 year after completing the 8 week intervention and control curricula.

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and measured within 1 year after completing the 8 week intervention and control curricula. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Ethnic and Racial Identity (ERI) development: Centrality

Ethnic and Racial Identity (ERI) development: Exploration

Ethnic and Racial Identity (ERI) development: Pride/Affirmation

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Secondary outcome measures

Academic Efficacy

Academic achievement and attainment: Standardized achievement tests

Academic achievement and attainment: Student grades

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BIO Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Ethnic and Racial Identity PromotionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Students will participate in 8, 1 hour and 15 minute classroom based intervention sessions at their local high school, during which a facilitator will lead them through a series of lectures, group activities, and individual homework activities designed to promote a positive ethnic and racial identity (positive feelings about ones' ethnic and racial heritage and ethnic and racial group membership).

Group II: Academic Skills PromotionActive Control1 Intervention

Students in this active comparison group will participate in an 8-week, 1 hour and 15 minute classroom based intervention, during which a facilitator will lead them through a series of lectures, group activities, and individual homework activities designed to provide information regarding college and career planning, and promote college and career planning as well as study skills and strategies. This condition receives the same amount of facilitator time and attention as the Experimental condition.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Northwestern UniversityLead Sponsor

1,585 Previous Clinical Trials

916,831 Total Patients Enrolled

Harvard UniversityOTHER

229 Previous Clinical Trials

474,183 Total Patients Enrolled

Emma K Adam, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorNorthwestern University

Media Library

Academic Skills Promotion Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT03412162 — N/A

Stress Research Study Groups: Academic Skills Promotion, Ethnic and Racial Identity Promotion

Stress Clinical Trial 2023: Academic Skills Promotion Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT03412162 — N/A

Academic Skills Promotion 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT03412162 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

May I partake in this scientific investigation?

"This medical trial is enrolling up to 300 individuals aged between 13 and 18, who have recently experienced psychological stress."

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What is the highest amount of participants accepted for this experiment?

"Affirmative. The clinicaltrials.gov website indicates that recruitment for this medical trial is ongoing; it was initially posted on December 16th 2017 and has since been updated November 4th 2021. A total of 300 participants are required to be recruited at a singular site."

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What are the desired outcomes of this experiment?

"The chief objective of this trial, which is to be evaluated over a period spanning 9-12 months following the 8 week intervention, revolves around Ethnic and Racial Identity (ERI) development: Exploration. Other measured outcomes are Student Emotional Well-being: Symptoms of Depression total score utilizing Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D; Hughes et al., 2004; Radloff, 1977), Cognition: Self-Reported Executive functioning- Global Executive Composite using Behavior Rating Inventory executive function Self Report Version (Guy, Gioia & Isquith 2004), as well as Cognition: Self Reported Executive Functioning Behavioral"

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Is the study currently looking for volunteers?

"According to the clinicaltrials.gov database, recruitment for this study is presently ongoing. It was first posted on December 16th 2017 and its information most recently revised on November 4th 2021."

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