Preventing Suicide in African American Adolescents

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

512 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-02-01

Study Completion Date

2026-06-30

Brief Summary

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The overarching aim of the Success Over Stress Prevention Project is to reduce African American youth suicide. This study examines the impact of a 15-session, group-delivered, culturally-grounded, cognitive-behavioral intervention (i.e., PI Robinson's Adapted-Coping with Stress Course \[A-CWS\]), on the outcomes of interest, when it is delivered by social workers who are indigenous to the school system. The main objectives of this project are to (a) determine whether the intervention is effective when facilitated by social workers who are indigenous to the school system and (b) enhance resilience, increase adaptive coping strategies, and reduce both intrapersonal and interpersonal violence among youth receiving the prevention intervention. It is expected that increases in adaptive coping will lead to an increased ability for youth to manage stressors, thereby decreasing the incidence of suicide and violence among the youth. In addition, it is expected that evidence of the intervention's effectiveness, when facilitated by social workers who are indigenous to the school system, will lead to greater dissemination and sustainability of the intervention, thus, providing access to effective intervention resources to greater numbers of African American youth.

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Detailed Description

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This study will establish the effectiveness of Robinson's Adapted-Coping with Stress Course (A-CWS) and test hypotheses pertaining to the mechanism of change by which the A-CWS reduces suicide risk. Additionally, this study is expected to augment current theoretical models of adolescent suicidality. This effectiveness trial will inform procedures for scaling up efficacious, high quality, and culturally-grounded suicide prevention programs for low-resourced, urban African American youth; as such, this study is practice relevant and expected to inform best practices for the prevention of suicide among African American adolescents. The specific aims are:

1. To examine the effectiveness of the A-CWS intervention, as delivered by social workers who are indigenous to the school system, to reduce active suicidal ideation, within a sample of low-resourced, urban African American adolescents.
2. To understand the mechanism by which the A-CWS intervention reduces suicide risk for low-resourced, urban African American adolescents.
3. To establish the fidelity of an evidence-based, culturally-grounded coping with stress intervention (i.e., the A-CWS), developed for low-resourced, urban African American adolescents, delivered by social workers indigenous to the school system.
4. To understand the extent that thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and socio-ecological factors influence the development of active suicidal ideation.

Conditions

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Suicide

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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Robinson's Culturally Adapted Coping with Stress Course

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Robinson's Culturally Adapted Coping with Stress Course (A-CWS)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants randomized to the experimental condition will take part in the Adapted Coping with Stress Course (A-CWS). The A-CWS is a 15-session, cognitive-behavioral group intervention designed to develop and enhance African American youths' skills to adaptively cope with stress, using standard cognitive-behavioral strategies such as relaxation training and cognitive restructuring. Emphasis is given to the identification of individual and contextual factors associated with suicide risk and the unique day-to-day experiences of the youth, providing options for adaptive coping (e.g., positive thinking) that are culturally consistent. The A-CWS is structured and manualized to allow its transportability to service providers working in similar environments with similar youth.

Standard Care Control Condition

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard Care Control Condition

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Students meeting criteria for study inclusion and randomized into the standard care condition will be referred to the school-based health center (SBHC) mental health provider for case management. Standard care may range from (1) brief intervention by the SBHC mental health provider to (2) outside referral to local community service providers; these determinations will be made by the SBHC mental health team.

Interventions

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Robinson's Culturally Adapted Coping with Stress Course (A-CWS)

Participants randomized to the experimental condition will take part in the Adapted Coping with Stress Course (A-CWS). The A-CWS is a 15-session, cognitive-behavioral group intervention designed to develop and enhance African American youths' skills to adaptively cope with stress, using standard cognitive-behavioral strategies such as relaxation training and cognitive restructuring. Emphasis is given to the identification of individual and contextual factors associated with suicide risk and the unique day-to-day experiences of the youth, providing options for adaptive coping (e.g., positive thinking) that are culturally consistent. The A-CWS is structured and manualized to allow its transportability to service providers working in similar environments with similar youth.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Standard Care Control Condition

Students meeting criteria for study inclusion and randomized into the standard care condition will be referred to the school-based health center (SBHC) mental health provider for case management. Standard care may range from (1) brief intervention by the SBHC mental health provider to (2) outside referral to local community service providers; these determinations will be made by the SBHC mental health team.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Students: Enrolled 9th grade student at time of initial enrollment at participating high school
* Parents/guardians: Child enrolled in study
* Teachers: Student enrolled in study

Exclusion Criteria

* Not a 9th grade student at time of initial enrollment
* No parent/legal guardian permission
* For parents and teachers: no students enrolled in study

Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes