Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions

Part of paid clinical trials in New York, New York.

Sponsor
The New School
Study ID
NCT06934954
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Community Mental Health Services

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
10 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • EASE — BEHAVIORAL
    This is the first time EASE is being used in New York to support youth community mental health.

Study Details

The EASE program is an existing, evidence-based program/intervention (originally developed by the WHO), and this study is limited to evaluating the local implementation of this program. The aims of this pilot study are to: * Assess the acceptability and feasibility of training and supervision of EASE Helpers (community staff members) through an adapted EASE training. * Evaluate possible problems of recruitment, intervention delivery, and participant retention. * Assess the feasibility of EASE being delivered via a partnership between researchers and community members. * Evaluate implementation of EASE via the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) framework A mixed-methods design with qualitative and quantitative approaches will be used to assess these objectives.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 17, 2025
Status verified
Apr 2025
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2025
Completion
Dec 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
200 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: EASE Intervention
    EASE targets psychological distress in adolescents ages 10 to 15 years old through seven group sessions with adolescents and three group sessions with the adolescents' caregivers. Each session is 90 minutes, and adolescents learn and engage in strategies that progress in complexity throughout the intervention. Through EASE, adolescents learn how to identify their emotions, distress-related physical arousal, slow breathing as a healthy coping strategy, behavioral activation to engage in meaningful activities, and problem-solving skills. RCTs have indicated the scalability and efficacy of EASE in LMICs like Lebanon and Syria. To prepare for pilot implementation, researchers from The New School Center for Global Mental Health collected feedback from community partners on EASE in 2024. Based on community recommendations, EASE was adapted for the current study.

Primary Outcome Measure

Pediatric Symptom Checklist Youth Report (Y-PSC) [ Time Frame: 8 months ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
The New School Center for Global Mental HealthNew YorkNew York10011
Josheka Chauhan, MA
[email protected]
212-229-5150
Tina Xu, MA
[email protected]
2122295150
Adam Brown, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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