A Mind-Body Medicine Curriculum for Peer Counselors

The Center for Mind-Body Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Mind-Body Medicine Curriculum

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03718845

BCPS-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will evaluate a Mind-Body Medicine curriculum for high school peer counselors in order to answer the following research questions:

1. Will peer counselor participation in the Mind-Body Medicine curriculum increase their sense of self-regulation, responsibility, social competence, and empathy; decrease anxiety; and increase hope?
2. What are the experiences of peer support counselors participating in the Mind-Body Medicine curriculum?

Full description

The study will be done at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The research will use a mixed-methods design by collecting both quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data will be in the form of standardized research instruments and the qualitative data will be gathered through focus group interviews with the peer-counselors.

Enrollment: 124 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All high school students who are participating in the Peer Counseling Program at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Exclusion criteria

• None (as long as the students meet the inclusion criteria)

Trial design

124 participants in 1 patient group

Peer Counselors

Description:

Mind-Body Medicine Curriculum

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mind-Body Medicine Curriculum