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Future Leaders Program: Testing a Youth Leadership, Engagement, and Mindfulness Program

Description

The current study tests the feasibility and effectiveness of a youth intervention designed to provide meaningful leadership opportunities through the acquisition of leadership skills as well as mindfulness practice, LEAP: Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness. The goal of this project is to determine whether the Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness (LEAP) curriculum, which was developed with youth, is a feasible and effective intervention for fostering leadership and well-being. The investigators seek to understand whether LEAP can support wellbeing for youth as a strategy to increase youth mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The current study tests the feasibility and effectiveness of a youth intervention designed to provide meaningful leadership opportunities through the acquisition of leadership skills as well as mindfulness practice, LEAP: Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness. The goal of this project is to determine whether the Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness (LEAP) curriculum, which was developed with youth, is a feasible and effective intervention for fostering leadership and well-being. The investigators seek to understand whether LEAP can support wellbeing for youth as a strategy to increase youth mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health.

Can A Youth Leadership and Mindfulness Program Support Well-being for Youth of Color?

Future Leaders Program: Testing a Youth Leadership, Engagement, and Mindfulness Program

Condition
Adolescent Behavior Problem
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Chicago

University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60608

Boston

METCO, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02119

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adolescents ages 14 and older in grades 9-12 during the Fall/Winter or in grades 9-11 during the Spring
  • * Enrolled in a partner site in Massachusetts or Illinois
  • * Adolescents are only included with parent consent and youth assent if they are under the age of 18. Adolescents at least 18 years old can provide consent.
  • * They participated in the pilot phase (UG3)
  • * They cannot commit to participation in the full study (e.g., attendance at all intervention sessions)
  • * They are not in grades 9-12 at a partner site
  • * Parent/guardian has a preferred consent language other than English or Spanish.

Ages Eligible for Study

14 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Boston University Charles River Campus,

Mario Cruz-Gonzalez, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Record Dates

2028-03