Actively Recruiting
Future Leaders Program: Testing a Youth Leadership, Engagement, and Mindfulness Program
Led by Boston University Charles River Campus · Updated on 2025-08-07
504
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
167 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
B
Boston University Charles River Campus
Lead Sponsor
N
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Future Leaders Program: Testing a Youth Leadership, Engagement, and Mindfulness Program
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adolescents aged 14 years and older in grades 9-12 during Fall/Winter or grades 9-11 during Spring
- Enrollment in a partner site located in Massachusetts or Illinois
- Parental consent and youth assent required for participants under 18; participants 18 or older can consent themselves
You will not qualify if you...
- Participation in the pilot phase (UG3) of the study
- Inability to commit to full study participation including attendance at all intervention sessions
- Not enrolled in grades 9-12 at a partner site
- Parent or guardian prefers a consent language other than English or Spanish
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60608
Not Yet Recruiting
2
METCO
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02119
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
Jennifer Greif Green, PhD
CONTACT
M
Mario Cruz-Gonzalez, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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