Internet-based Talking About Risk and Adolescent Choices: Health and Emotion Regulation Options

Conditions

• Adolescent Behavior
• Emotion Regulation
• Risky Sexual Behavior

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

12 Years - 14 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• iTRAC-HERO — BEHAVIORAL
  iTRAC-HERO will consist of eight, approximately 45-minute, "gamified" digital modules of 4-6 activities (games, videos, etc.). No instruction is needed to use the program. Content will use gender- and sexuality-inclusive language and avoid heteronormative descriptions of risk. This content will include strategies for (and practice with) recognizing and managing emotions, particularly in relation to sexual health situations, to enhance the likelihood that the emotion regulation and sexual health education provided can be applied to experiences that are emotionally arousing and lead to risk.

Study Details

Using the efficacious iTRAC intervention to enhance emotion regulation competencies as a foundation, this study will create and test iTRAC-HERO to teach emotion regulation skills in the context of sexual health education.

Key Dates

Start date

Apr 1, 2025

Status verified

Mar 2026

Primary completion

Jun 8, 2026

Completion

Aug 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment

120 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Arms

• No Intervention: Waitlist Control
  Control participants will be assessed on the same schedule as the treatment condition and offered the intervention after 6-month follow-up.
• Experimental: iTRAC-HERO
  iTRAC-HERO is an 8-module, web-based intervention for middle school boys and girls to complete. Its goal is primary prevention of adolescent sexual risk behaviors by targeting emotion regulation and sexual self-efficacy. (e.g., to refuse sexual advances).

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in Sexual Self-Efficacy (SSE) from baseline to 6 months. [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month post-intervention, 6 month follow up ]

Central Contacts

• Julia Berteletti
  3035654321
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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