The Moving 2 Mindful (M2M) Study: Mindfulness Group + Ecological Momentary Intervention

Colorado State University (CSU)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Anxiety; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Learning to BREATHE Plus; Behavioral: Health and wellness

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03869749

K01AT009592 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

M2M

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of Learning to BREATHE (a mindfulness intervention for adolescents) plus an ecological momentary intervention (Learning to Breathe Plus), and will examine the extent to which mindfulness reduces dysregulated stress physiology, perceived stress, and anxiety in adolescents from high conflict homes.

Full description

Adolescents from homes with interparental conflict will be randomly assigned to Learning to BREATHE Plus (the standard group program designed to increase mindfulness, plus a multi-method adaptive intervention that will be comprised of an ecological momentary intervention and online library of mindfulness practices) or to a health and wellness active control condition to determine feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of Learning to BREATHE Plus.

Enrollment: 5 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• two parents in the home
• an adolescent who is between 14 and 18 years of age
• marital distress and/or problematic interparental conflict (based on parent or youth reports)
• youth reports of stress or anxiety

Exclusion criteria

• two parents in the home, but they are pursuing legal divorce or separation
• parents are not willing to receive marital education/support
• adolescents are severely clinically depressed or report suicidal ideation at baseline

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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5 participants in 2 patient groups

Learning to BREATHE Plus

Experimental group

Description:

It is a 6-week manualized program; each meeting is 1.5 hours, for a total of 9 contact hours. It will be administered in a classroom at Colorado State University. Adolescents will be sent ecological momentary intervention text messages several times a day (with reminders, encouragement, and guides to practice mindfulness), and also have access to an on demand online library of mindfulness resources.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Learning to BREATHE Plus

Health and wellness

Active Comparator group

Description:

It is a 6-week program; each meeting is 1.5 hours, for a total of 9 contact hours. It will be administered in a classroom at Colorado State University.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health and wellness