Confirmatory Efficacy of the Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills Program

NCT ID: NCT05789446

Last Updated: 2025-04-16

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

360 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-02-01

Study Completion Date

2029-05-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to the efficacy of the Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills intervention within a sample of low-income and minoritized youth aged 11-14 who are seeking mental health treatment and have been placed on a waitlist to receive services.

The aims of this study are to: (1) confirm the efficacy of BaSICS by replicating previous findings, (2) Examine the changes of coping mechanisms and symptom change over the course of the BaSICS intervention, and (3) test models of physiologic stress reactivity and regulation to capture biological "risk" and recalibration.

Cohorts of 20 participants will randomly be enrolled in either the intervention (10) or control (10) groups. Participants enrolled in the intervention group will complete the BaSICS program and participants enrolled in the no intervention group will not be enrolled in the intervention program. The BaSICS program is designed to help treat anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms and disorders and have direct effects on physiologic stress response systems (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis). Researchers will compare the intervention and no intervention groups to see if there is a difference in the reduction of markers for anxiety, depression, and suicide scores, changes in coping mechanism, and HPA reactivity profiles

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Chronic Stress Anxiety Depression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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BaSICS Intervention

Intervention = Building a String Identity and Coping Skills (BaSICS). Children randomized to participate in 16 twice weekly BaSICS intervention sessions. Children learn coping skills, identity development, and collective action as ways to buffer against chronic stress.

These children also complete pre- and post-intervention assessments, as well as 6-month and 12-month follow-up assessments.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducational program to teach children coping skills, healthy identity development, and collective social action

Control

These children complete assessments only--timed to coincide with the intervention groups' assessments: pre- and post-intervention assessments, as well as 6-month and 12-month follow-up assessments. No intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills

Psychoeducational program to teach children coping skills, healthy identity development, and collective social action

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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BaSICS

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children ages 11-14 at intake
* Family income at or below 200% federal poverty level
* Child speaks English
* Parent speaks English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria

* Intellectual disability
* Autism spectrum disorder
* High suicidal risk (score of 17 or more on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-Kid))
* Severe depression (score of 19 or more on Patient health questionnaire (PHQ).
Minimum Eligible Age

11 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Penn State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Martha E. Wadsworth

Professor of Psychology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Martha E Wadsworth, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Penn State University

Locations

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Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Penn State Health Medical Group - Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Penns Valley Area School District

Spring Mills, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Dr. Edwin L. Herr Clinic

State College, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Penn State Psychological Clinic

State College, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Martha E Wadsworth, PhD

Role: CONTACT

814-865-2878

Dara Babinksi, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Jasmin Lagman, MD

Role: primary

Dara Babinski, PhD

Role: primary

Kurt Nyquist

Role: primary

Kristen Nadermann, PhD

Role: primary

Estee Hausman, PhD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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PAR-21-132

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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