Reducing Depression Self-stigma and Increasing Treatment Seeking Intentions Among Youth

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1520 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-04-15

Study Completion Date

2024-05-29

Brief Summary

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Young people with depression, especially those of underserved minority groups, avoid treatment due to stigma and discrimination. Social contact is a form of interpersonal contact with members of the stigmatized group and the most effective type of intervention for improvement in stigma-related knowledge and attitudes.

In a prior study, the investigators developed short video interventions to reduce stigma and increase treatment seeking among people with depression. The videos vary by protagonist race/ethnicity (Latinx, non-Latinx Black, non-Latinx White) who share their experiences with depression, challenges, and recovery process. The investigators would like to test the efficacy of these videos using Prolific (a crowdsourcing platform). Specifically, the investigators are interested in conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the efficacy of these videos as compared to a vignette control condition on reducing self-stigma and increasing help-seeking intentions and behavior at baseline, post, and 30 day follow-up among youth with depressive symptom scores on the PHQ-9≥ 5.

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Detailed Description

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In a randomized control trial (RCT) with pre-, post-intervention, and 30-day follow-up assessments, we aim to 1) test the efficacy of brief social video interventions, varying protagonist race/ethnicity, as compared to vignette control in reducing self-stigma and increasing treatment-seeking intentions and behavior among 1600 Prolific users ages 18-25 with depressive symptoms (PHQ-9≥ 5), and 2) explore whether matching to protagonist race/ethnicity increases intervention efficacy. We hypothesize that 1) Brief social contact-based video interventions will reduce self-stigma towards depression and increase treatment-seeking intentions and behavior compared to vignette control, and 2) The participants whose race/ethnicity match the protagonist will have greater changes in self-stigma and treatment-seeking than participants with unmatched protagonists, i.e., matching moderates the intervention's effects.

Conditions

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Stigma, Social Mental Health Disorder Depression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Brief video intervention (Black Woman)

A brief social contact-based video with a Black woman protagonist

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brief video intervention (Black Woman)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Black woman in her early twenties, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles as a Black woman with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.

Brief video intervention (Latinx Woman)

A brief social contact-based video with a Latinx woman protagonist

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brief video intervention (Latinx Woman)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Latinx woman in her early twenties, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles as a Latinx woman with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.

Brief video intervention (White Woman)

A brief social contact-based video with a White woman protagonist

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brief video intervention (White Woman)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young White woman in her early twenties, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles as a White woman with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.

Vignette Control

A brief vignette control condition

Group Type OTHER

Vignette Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A brief vignette control condition with a script about a young woman who describes her struggles with depression and raises themes of recovery and hope.

Interventions

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Brief video intervention (Black Woman)

A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Black woman in her early twenties, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles as a Black woman with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Brief video intervention (Latinx Woman)

A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Latinx woman in her early twenties, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles as a Latinx woman with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Brief video intervention (White Woman)

A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young White woman in her early twenties, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles as a White woman with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Vignette Control

A brief vignette control condition with a script about a young woman who describes her struggles with depression and raises themes of recovery and hope.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Endorsing mild to severe depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) score of 5 or greater)
* Ages 18-25
* US Residents
* English speaking