Implementing Learning 2 BREATHE in Campus Connections

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The overall objective of this study is to investigate a mindfulness-based intervention's feasibility/acceptability and effectiveness for improving eating behaviors and depression symptoms among adolescents (9-18y; 63% living on low-income), referred to a community-based mentoring program for being at-risk for not reaching their full potential (e.g., Department of Human Services involvement, behavioral/emotion problems). As a part of this study, we will also characterize the real-time relationships among life stressors, untrained state mindfulness, and emotion regulation difficulties in adolescents' daily lives and determine to what extent an MBI helps adolescents to maintain mindfulness and emotion regulation in moments when they experience a stressor.

Official Title
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Implementing Learning 2 BREATHE in Campus Connections

Conditions
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Mindfulness

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Learning to Breathe
* Behavioral: Campus Connections


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Mentees (adolescents) participating in campus connections who are 9-18y and English speaking Exclusion Criteria: Mentees (adolescents) that are not participating in campus connections

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 9 Years
Maximum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Mentoring+Mindfulness<br> | Behavioral: Learning to Breathe<br>* Learning to Breathe is an evidence-based mindfulness curriculum for adolescents<br>|
| Active Comparator: Mentoring as usual<br> | Behavioral: Campus Connections<br>* Campus Connections is a mentoring program for at-risk adolescents<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reward-based Eating Behaviors | Changes in Reward-based eating behaviors for all participants will be assessed with the Reward-based eating behaviors scale (Mason et al., 2017) | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | 
| Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms | The Brief problem monitor (Achenbach et al., 2011) will be used to assess for changes in internalizing (e.g., depression symptoms) and externalizing symptoms for all participants. | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | 
| Mindfulness | The mindfulness attention and awareness scale (Brown & Ryan, 2003) will be used to assess for changes in mindfulness for all participants | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | 
| Emotion Regulation | The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Short Form (Kaufman et al., 2016) will be used to assess for changes in difficulties with emotion regulation for all participants | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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adolescents, mindfulness, ecological momentary assessment