Developing Resilience and Anxiety Management Through the Arts

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Mood

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

8 Years - 17 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Improvisation + Wellness — BEHAVIORAL
  Theatrical improvisation exercises, the theatrical art of performance and storytelling without a script, will be combined with wellness techniques
• Improvisation — BEHAVIORAL
  Theatrical improvisation exercises (the theatrical art of performance and storytelling without a script) will be completed in this arm. These exercises will be fairly similar to that from the improvisation + wellness but without the wellness techniques.
• Social Craft — BEHAVIORAL
  Participants assigned to the Social Craft group will engage in arts and crafts projects and activities

Study Details

The Developing Resilience and Anxiety Management Through the Arts (DRAMA) Study examines the degree to which the arts can help to address stress, anxiety, and sad mood in children and adolescents. The researchers will pair theatrical improvisation exercises with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques versus improvisation exercises alone versus a social craft group on reducing elevated levels of anxiety and depression.

Key Dates

Start date

Apr 15, 2025

Status verified

Jul 2025

Primary completion

Jul 1, 2027

Completion

Jul 1, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment

110 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Arms

• Experimental: Improvisation + Wellness
  The Improvisation + Wellness arm will include a variety of techniques based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): behavior activation, mindfulness, relaxation techniques, exposure, and cognitive restructuring. The improvisation techniques will include using your truth (talk about what you know), making patterns (working with others in the group to create something that you all contribute to), yes…and (agreeing with others and building on what others contribute to activities/conversations).
• Experimental: Improvisation
  The improvisation alone arm involves the same improv techniques as the improv + wellness arm, but without the wellness techniques. Improv techniques include using your truth (talk about what you know), making patterns (working with others in the group to create something that you all contribute to), yes…and (agreeing with others and building on what others contribute to activities/conversations).
• Active Comparator: Social Craft
  The social craft group involves youth connecting with other youth while completing craft projects.

Primary Outcome Measure

Child Anxiety and Depression (based on Parent Report) [ Time Frame: Baseline, post (after 9 weeks of the group curriculum), and 3 months post-group ]

Central Contacts

• Amy Przeworski, PhD
  216-368-5021
  [email protected]

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