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Study of Mental Health and Relationships

No phase Interventional Mental Health

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: Great Life Mentoring.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Mental Health. Basic parameters: 9 years — 16 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
United States
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Official title

Investigating an Innovative Mentoring Model for Improving Effectiveness and Equity of Community-Based Support for Youth From Low-Resource Families With Mental Health Challenges

Overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to test effects of the Great Life Mentoring (GLM) program on the mental health and adaptive functioning on school-age youth (ages 9-16) from low-income families who are receiving outpatient mental health services. The main questions it aims to answer are: • Does participation in the GLM program improve mental health and related outcomes among school-age youth (9- to 16-years-old) from low-income families as an adjunct to outpatient mental health services? 180 youth will be enrolled in the study and assigned randomly to either continue mental health services as usual (SAU) or to continue mental health services while also participating in GLM (SAU+GLM). Participating youth, and their parent/guardians and therapists, will be surveyed annually. Mental health services records also will be obtained with appropriate permissions. . Researchers will compare the SAU and SAU+GLM groups to see if participation in GLM has an effect on the mental health and related outcomes of study youth.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Great Life Mentoring
    The Great Life Mentoring program (GLM) provides volunteer-based mentoring for school-age youth from low-resource families who are receiving outpatient mental health care. Each youth is paired with a mentor with whom they spend time in the community on a weekly basis for at least one year. Mentors are required to complete a 20-hour intensive training prior to being paired with a youth. Mentors also receive monthly in-person supervision from GLM staff for the first year of their meetings, which co

Primary outcome measures

  • Overall Mental Health [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Depressive Symptoms [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Anxiety Symptoms [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Loneliness [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Internalizing Symptoms [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Externalizing Symptoms [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Life Satisfaction [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation,average of 2 years]
  • Happiness [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Suicidal Ideation [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Self-esteem [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
Secondary outcome measures (12)
  • Engagement in Mental Health Services [Time frame: End of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Therapist-Youth Alliance [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation while youth is receiving mental health services, average of 1 year]
  • Resilience [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Adaptive Coping with Stress [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Emotion Regulation [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Empathy [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Spark (hobby/interest) [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Self-advocacy [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation,average of 2 years]
  • Goal-setting [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Problem-solving [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Communication Skills [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]
  • Grit - Perseverance [Time frame: Annually throughout duration of study participation, average of 2 years]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Youth is between 9- and 16-years-old
  • Youth meets eligibility criteria for the Great Life Mentoring program, which include receiving publically-subsidized outpatient mental health care

Exclusion criteria

  • Parental primary language other than English
  • Youth difficulties in cognitive functioning that would preclude ability to complete study assessments

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Supportive care

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • University of Illinois at Chicago — Chicago

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06534827 · 107309

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗