Actively Recruiting
Help Texts Grief Intervention for Bereaved College Students
Led by University of California, Los Angeles · Updated on 2025-11-14
126
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
82 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of California, Los Angeles
Lead Sponsor
U
University of Arizona
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The proposed study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Help Texts, a weekly text-based program, among bereaved students at UCLA. Specifically, the study will evaluate whether Help Texts reduces grief severity and symptoms of depression, and whether it improves academic functioning (e.g., graduation, grades, student enrollment retention). The investigators hypothesize that bereaved UCLA students who receive a 12-month Help Texts weekly digital text intervention will have reduced grief severity and depressive symptoms and increased academic functioning compared to bereaved UCLA students in a waitlist control condition receiving treatment as usual (i.e., list of resources for grief). Participants will complete surveys at four timepoints: baseline and 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months following enrollment. They will be randomly assigned to either the treatment condition (receive 12-month Help Texts subscription at enrollment) or the waitlist control condition (receive list of resources for grief at enrollment, and receive 12-month Help Texts subscription at 6 months following enrollment). The Help Texts program involves texts offering psychoeducation related to grief and coping strategies, delivered twice weekly.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Help Texts Grief Intervention for Bereaved College Students
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Enrolled UCLA student
- At least 18 years old
- Experienced death of a close person in the past 12 months
- Able to read English
You will not qualify if you...
History of severe allergic reactions to study medication Currently pregnant or breastfeeding Recent participation in another clinical trial within the last 30 days Presence of uncontrolled medical conditions that could affect safety
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Franz Hall
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Michelle Chang, M.A., C.Phil
CONTACT
T
Theodore F. Robles, Ph.D.
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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