Improving Wellness for Young Men

Johns Hopkins University41 enrolled

Overview

This study assesses the impact of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program compared with a health education program for urban middle-school male youth on outcomes of psychological symptoms, coping, stress, sleep, and behavior.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Stress-exposed Urban Male Youth

Interventions

Mindfulness-based stress reductionBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: MALEHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 7th or 8th graders at St. Ignatius Loyola Academy in 2009-2010 academic year. * Parent/guardian consents * Student assents Exclusion Criteria (as assessed by school staff): * significant psychopathology * significant developmental delay * significant substance abuse with behavioral consequences * significant behavioral problems * foster care due to consent restrictions)

Locations (1)

St. Ignatius Loyola Academy

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

psychological symptoms

Psychological symptoms assessed include anxiety, hostility, and depression.

Time frame: 6 months

coping

Coping assessed includes rumination and typically positive and negative coping approaches.

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Sleep

Sleep was measured using diary and actigraphy.

Time frame: 6 months

stress

Stress was measured using self-report and salivary cortisol.

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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