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Girls in Transition Study: Helping Girls Enter the Teenage Years

NCT ID: NCT00641940

Last Updated: 2008-03-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

32 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-10-31

Study Completion Date

2008-06-30

Brief Summary

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This is a pilot study of the Girls in Transition (GT) program, an intervention designed to promote resilience and reduce gender-related risk factors for depression. The goal of the study is to gather preliminary data on the effects of the GT program.

Detailed Description

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Gender differences in rates of depression emerge during adolescence. Although rates of depression increase for both boys and girls during adolescence, the increase is more dramatic for girls. By late adolescence, girls are twice as likely as boys to develop depression. Because the transition to adolescence has been identified as a period of increased risk for girls, preventive interventions targeting early adolescent girls may promote resilience and prevent depression. The Girls in Transition (GT) program is a group intervention for 6th through 8th grade girls and is designed to address risk factors that are specific to girls. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the GT intervention in promoting coping strategies, preventing symptoms of depression and anxiety, and providing benefits in other outcomes related to depression, such as self-image.

Adolescents in this study will be assigned to one of two conditions: a group that will participate in the GT program in Spring 2006 (GT #1), or a waitlist control group that will participate in the GT program approximately two years later (GT #2). Students who participate in the program will attend eleven 90-minute after-school sessions led by the investigators. In the GT program, students learn cognitive-behavioral skills (such as strategies to cope with emotions and negative thinking) and problem-solving skills (such as assertiveness), and they discuss societal messages about women's appearance and roles. Adolescent participants will complete questionnaires about coping strategies, self-image, and feelings of hopelessness, depression and anxiety at five points during the study: at the beginning of the study (baseline) and at follow-ups approximately 6, 12, 16, and 24 months after baseline. In addition, students will complete an interview at baseline and then again 12 months later about experiences in which they have coped with stressful situations. Parents will complete a questionnaire about their child's life events at three assessment points (baseline and at follow-ups approximately 12 and 24 months after baseline).

Conditions

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Depression Anxiety

Keywords

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Prevention Girls Resilience

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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1

Girls in Transition (GT) program

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Girls in Transition (GT) program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In the 11-session after-school GT program, girls learn cognitive and behavioral skills related to intrapersonal, interpersonal, and social/contextual risk factors for depression.

2

Waitlist control

Group Type OTHER

Waitlist Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the waitlist control group will complete the GT program during the third year of the study.

Interventions

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Girls in Transition (GT) program

In the 11-session after-school GT program, girls learn cognitive and behavioral skills related to intrapersonal, interpersonal, and social/contextual risk factors for depression.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Waitlist Control

Participants in the waitlist control group will complete the GT program during the third year of the study.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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GT #1 GT #2

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Female
* Student in grades 6 through 8
* Student in participating school

Exclusion Criteria

* Male
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Swarthmore College

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Swarthmore College

Principal Investigators

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Jane E. Gillham, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Swarthmore College

Locations

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Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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803680

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id