A Phase 1 interventional study of R4Power Program and Waitlist Control in Depression and Anxiety, sponsored by Swarthmore College. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 11 Years to 15 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2008-03-24.
Sponsored by Swarthmore College · Phase 1, Interventional, and Prevention
The study will evaluate the R4Power program, an online intervention designed to teach adolescents coping and problem-solving skills.
This study examines the feasibility of a 10-lesson web-based intervention, the R4Power program, and its effectiveness in preventing symptoms of depression and anxiety. The R4Power Program teaches cognitive and problem-solving skills covered in classroom based interventions, including the Penn Resiliency Program, that have been found to reduce or prevent symptoms of depression in children and adolescents. This study examines whether adolescents can benefit from learning these skills through a computer (rather than classroom) intervention.
Adolescents in grades 6 through 8 who participate in this study will be assigned to one of two conditions: an intervention group that will complete the R4Power program during the first year (R4Power1), or a waitlist control group that will complete the R4Power program the following year (R4Power2). Students will complete the 10-lesson program over the course of twelve weeks. They will learn and practice cognitive skills (recognizing the link between their thoughts and feelings, identifying thinking traps, challenging their negative beliefs) and problem-solving skills (assertiveness, relaxation and distraction, overcoming procrastination, and decision making). Adolescents who participate in this study will be followed for one year, and their coping responses and symptoms of depression and anxiety will be assessed at four points: at the beginning of the study (baseline) and at follow-up assessments approximately 4, 12 and 16 months after baseline.
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Exclusion Criteria:
R4Power Program
Behavioral: R4Power Program
Waitlist Control
Other: Waitlist Control
In the 10-lesson online R4Power Program, adolescents will learn cognitive skills (link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; thinking traps; challenging negative beliefs) and problem-solving skills (assertiveness; relaxation and distraction; overcoming procrastination; decision-making) in order to cope with stressful situations.
Also known as: R4Power1
Adolescents in the waitlist control group will complete the R4Power program during the second year of the study.
Also known as: R4Power2
Adolescents' coping strategies by self-report
Time frame: Measured at baseline and follow-ups approximately 4, 12, and 16 months after baseline
Adolescents' depressive symptoms by self-report
Time frame: Measured at baseline and follow-ups approximately 4, 12, and 16 months after baseline
Adolescents' symptoms of anxiety by self-report
Time frame: Measured at baseline and follow-ups approximately 4, 12, and 16 months after baseline
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