From Intention to Action:Scoring Your College Goals

NCT ID: NCT05047081

Last Updated: 2022-02-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 126 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-08-27
• Study Completion Date: 2022-04-30

Brief Summary

The current study aims to prevent the developmental of mental health symptoms in first-year college students through providing a workshop aimed at preparing students for the academic, social, and personal challenges associated with typical college experiences. Specifically, the study hypothesizes that first-year student students who participate in a workshop on college readiness will report fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety, higher levels of self-esteem, and better academic performance compared to a similar group of students who do not receive the intervention (the control group). Students in the intervention group will participate in a one-time, two-hour workshop that discusses expectations about college, setting goals that are aligned with one's values, predicting barriers to achieving these goals, and how to overcome these obstacles. The workshop will provide students with external resources (both on and off campus) for obtaining additional support to address barriers that arise during their college experiences. Students will complete questionnaires about symptoms of depression, anxiety, and their ability to cope with stress before the workshop, after the workshop, and at the end of their first semester. At the end of the Fall 2021 semester, students will be asked to share information about their Grade Point Average (GPA) and academic status. The investigators predict that at the end of the semester, those students who participated in the workshop will report lower levels of depression, anxiety and stress, higher levels of self-esteem, and a higher GPA compared to students who did not receive the intervention. Students who participated in the workshop will also be more likely to continue (enrolled in the Spring 2022 semester) compared to controls.

Conditions

Depression; Anxiety

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

College Workshop Arm

Intervention

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Scoring Your College Goals Workshop

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

A two-hour virtual college readiness workshop.

Placebo

Placebo

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type: OTHER

Placebo Treatment-As-Usual Group which does not receive the workshop intervention

Interventions

Scoring Your College Goals Workshop

A two-hour virtual college readiness workshop.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Placebo

Placebo Treatment-As-Usual Group which does not receive the workshop intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• First-year, first semester freshman enrolled in Psychology 100 courses at CUNY College of Staten Island.

Exclusion Criteria

• Under 18 years old

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

College of Staten Island, the City University of New York

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

The Zucker Hillside Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Timothy Michaels, PhD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Timothy I Michaels, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Zucker Hillside Hospital

Locations

CUNY College of State Island

Staten Island, New York, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

21-0500

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id