Improving Emotion Regulation in Adolescents With ADHD

NCT ID: NCT03733548

Last Updated: 2019-08-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 20 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-10-30
• Study Completion Date: 2019-06-27

Brief Summary

The purpose of our study is to examine the impact of a program that provides emotion regulation skills for adolescents aged 11-16 with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and poor emotion regulation. The program is called RELAX (Regulating Emotions Like An eXpert). RELAX is an experimental intervention that may equip adolescents with emotion regulation and conflict management skills and includes parent involvement to help parents support adolescents' use of these skills.

Detailed Description

Regulating Emotions Like An eXpert (RELAX) consists of 8 weekly 90-minute group sessions and 1 booster session 8 weeks after the completion of the RELAX intervention. The first 60 minutes of each group involve separate parent and adolescent groups. Adolescents (ages 11-16) attend an emotion regulation and conflict management skills group, while parents attend a group focused on how to support utilization of these skills in adolescents at home and school through use of modeling their own emotion regulation skills and use of supportive emotion socialization practices. For the final 30 minutes of the session, parents and adolescents combine and complete a collaborative activity and skill rehearsal homework is discussed for the week. Homework will be discussed at the beginning of the separate group meetings the following week. The primary overall goal of the RELAX intervention is to assist adolescents and parents in traveling down the Path of RELAXation by working on the three C's (communication, coping, and conflict management skills). A multimethod assessment of emotional, social, and family functioning will be assessed pre- and post-intervention and at an 8 week follow-up.

Conditions

Adhd

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Regulating Emotions Like An eXpert (RELAX)

Families at the Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Psychological Services and Development or Clark-Hill Institute for Positive Youth Development

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

RELAX

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Regulating Emotions Like An eXpert (RELAX) consists of 8 weekly, 90-minute sessions delivered (60 minutes of parents and adolescents meeting separately, 30 minutes of a combined meeting) in a group format. RELAX equips adolescents with emotion regulation and conflict management skills. This program includes a parent involvement component designed to help parents support adolescents' use of these skills. Each week skills will be discussed and practiced in group, and a skills rehearsal homework activity will be assigned. Following the program, an 8-week follow-up review session will be offered. Additionally, a single 60 minute focus group will be held following the review session to solicit parent and adolescent feedback on the intervention.

Interventions

RELAX

Regulating Emotions Like An eXpert (RELAX) consists of 8 weekly, 90-minute sessions delivered (60 minutes of parents and adolescents meeting separately, 30 minutes of a combined meeting) in a group format. RELAX equips adolescents with emotion regulation and conflict management skills. This program includes a parent involvement component designed to help parents support adolescents' use of these skills. Each week skills will be discussed and practiced in group, and a skills rehearsal homework activity will be assigned. Following the program, an 8-week follow-up review session will be offered. Additionally, a single 60 minute focus group will be held following the review session to solicit parent and adolescent feedback on the intervention.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• ADHD diagnosis
• parent-reported emotion regulation in the clinical range
• full scale intelligence quotient ≥80
• English as a primary language

• Minimum Eligible Age: 11 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 16 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Virginia Commonwealth University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Joshua Langberg, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Virginia Commonwealth University

Locations

Clark-Hill Institute for Positive Youth Development

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

HM20013904

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id