This study will evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of Learning to BREATHE (a mindfulness intervention for adolescents) plus an ecological momentary intervention (Learning to Breathe Plus), and will examine the extent to which mindfulness reduces dysregulated stress physiology, perceived stress, and anxiety in adolescents from high conflict homes.
Adolescents from homes with interparental conflict will be randomly assigned to Learning to BREATHE Plus (the standard group program designed to increase mindfulness, plus a multi-method adaptive intervention that will be comprised of an ecological momentary intervention and online library of mindfulness practices) or to a health and wellness active control condition to determine feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of Learning to BREATHE Plus.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
5
Activities include psycho-education about stress and emotion regulation, and practices of body scanning, non-aerobic yoga, and meditation, which are designed to cultivate and provide opportunities to practice present-focused, non-judgmental attention.
The Health Education Wellness Program (modeled after Hey Durham) (Bravender, 2005) will provide didactic information on substance use, nutrition/body image, stress management, exercise, and signs of depression/suicide.
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Safe implementation
Implementation without increase in symptomatology
Time frame: Across 8-week intervention period
Recruitment of target sample size
Successful recruitment of 38 families (114 individuals)
Time frame: Across 8-week intervention period
Enrollment of percent eligible
Enrolling a high percent of eligible families to the study/intervention
Time frame: Across 8-week intervention period
Retention to interventions
A high proportion of adolescents will attend 4/6 sessions
Time frame: Across 8-week intervention period
Feasibility of implementation
Successful implementation and retention to study (i.e., fidelity of intervention delivery \>=80%, \<=5% reports of not receiving ecological momentary intervention from adolescents, \>=90% attendance at 4/6 sessions, \>= retainment at post-group and follow-up)
Time frame: Across 8-week intervention period
Acceptability of interventions
Rated by participants
Time frame: Across 8-week intervention period
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