Affect Management Intervention for Early Adolescents Wtih Mental Health Problems (Project TRAC)

Lifespan

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: HIV Infections

Treatments: Behavioral: General Health Promotion; Behavioral: Affect Management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00741975

R34MH078750 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Adolescents are at risk for HIV because of sexual and drug use behavior initiated during early adolescence, and those with mental health problems appear to be particularly susceptible. Problems with managing emotions may make it difficult for early adolescents to make good decisions about sexual and substance use behaviors. This project will develop and evaluate interventions for early adolescents with mental health issues. An intervention focused on teaching affect management skills will be compared to an intervention addressing a variety of health topics to determine which intervention best reduces risk behavior among this at-risk population.

Enrollment: 138 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Seventh graders identified by counselors at participating public school

Exclusion criteria

• Adolescent is HIV positive
• Adolescent is developmentally delayed
• Adolescent in pregnant
• Adolescent has a history of sexual crime

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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138 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Affect Management

Treatment:

Behavioral: Affect Management

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

General Health Promotion

Treatment:

Behavioral: General Health Promotion