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Confirmatory Efficacy of the Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills Program
Led by Penn State University · Updated on 2025-04-16
360
Participants Needed
5
Research Sites
225 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to the efficacy of the Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills intervention within a sample of low-income and minoritized youth aged 11-14 who are seeking mental health treatment and have been placed on a waitlist to receive services. The aims of this study are to: (1) confirm the efficacy of BaSICS by replicating previous findings, (2) Examine the changes of coping mechanisms and symptom change over the course of the BaSICS intervention, and (3) test models of physiologic stress reactivity and regulation to capture biological "risk" and recalibration. Cohorts of 20 participants will randomly be enrolled in either the intervention (10) or control (10) groups. Participants enrolled in the intervention group will complete the BaSICS program and participants enrolled in the no intervention group will not be enrolled in the intervention program. The BaSICS program is designed to help treat anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms and disorders and have direct effects on physiologic stress response systems (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis). Researchers will compare the intervention and no intervention groups to see if there is a difference in the reduction of markers for anxiety, depression, and suicide scores, changes in coping mechanism, and HPA reactivity profiles
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Confirmatory Efficacy of the Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills Program
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Children ages 11-14 at intake
- Family income at or below 200% federal poverty level
- Child speaks English
- Parent speaks English or Spanish
You will not qualify if you...
- Intellectual disability
- Autism spectrum disorder
- High suicidal risk (score of 17 or more on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents)
- Severe depression (score of 19 or more on Patient Health Questionnaire)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 5 locations
1
Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, 17110
Not Yet Recruiting
2
Penn State Health Medical Group - Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
Actively Recruiting
3
Penns Valley Area School District
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania, United States, 16875
Not Yet Recruiting
4
Dr. Edwin L. Herr Clinic
State College, Pennsylvania, United States, 16802
Actively Recruiting
5
Penn State Psychological Clinic
State College, Pennsylvania, United States, 16802
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Martha E Wadsworth, PhD
CONTACT
D
Dara Babinksi, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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