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Bridging the Divide: A Pioneering Culturally-Specific Mentoring Intervention to Increase Support for At-Risk Youth

No phase Interventional Socio-emotional Well-being Psychological Well-Being

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In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Mentoring Intervention Delivery.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Socio-emotional Well-being, Psychological Well-Being. Basic parameters: 12 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
Next step
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Overview

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a culturally-specific mentoring intervention to improve socio-emotional skills, psychological well-being, and social support among at-risk youth and to evaluate the proposed mentoring intervention's impact on academic outcomes, social behavior, and caregiver perceptions of social-emotional competencies. Additionally, it seeks to gather stakeholder feedback to refine the intervention further.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Mentoring Intervention Delivery
    The intervention will utilize a culturally specific, socio-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum, adapted based on feedback from the focus groups. The intervention will consist of 10 weekly mentoring sessions lasting 1 hour each. Licensed clinicians will lead sessions and will also serve as mentors.

Primary outcome measures

  • Change in Social Emotional Competence as measured by the Social Emotional Competence Questionnaire (SECQ) [Time frame: Baseline, post-intervention (at 10 weeks)]
  • Change in Parenting Sense of Competence as measured by the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC) [Time frame: Baseline, post-intervention (at 10 weeks)]
  • Change in Psychological Well-Being as measured by Psychological Well-Being (Ryff's 18-item) assessment [Time frame: Baseline, post-intervention (at 10 weeks)]
  • Change in depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms as measured by the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) [Time frame: Baseline, post-intervention (at 10 weeks)]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
  • Change in Academic Self-Efficacy as measured by the Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES) [Time frame: Baseline, post-intervention (at 10 weeks)]
  • Change in emotional and behavioral functioning as measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [Time frame: pre- and post-intervention assessments (at 10 weeks).]
  • Change in perceived social support as measured by the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) [Time frame: pre- and post-intervention assessments (at 10 weeks).]
  • Change in well-being as measured by the Multidimensional Well-Being Assessment (MWBA) [Time frame: pre- and post-intervention assessments (at 10 weeks).]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • actively enrolled in the partnering community organization (e.g., Boys and Girls Clubs)
  • Participants and their caregivers must be able to provide informed assent/consent in English. Parental Consent: Participants must have parental or guardian consent to participate in the study.
  • Self-identifies as a racial-ethnic minority (i.e., Black/African American, Hispanic, etc.)

Exclusion criteria

  • Current participation in another mentoring program: To avoid confounding the results, youth currently involved in other mentoring or structured socio-emotional support programs will be excluded.
  • Severe cognitive or developmental disabilities: The study will exclude participants with mental impairments that prevent meaningful engagement in focus groups or intervention activities.

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

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
N/A
Model
Single group
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Supportive care

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Houston

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07050251 · HSC-MS-24-1243

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗