Feasibility Testing a Meditation App for Professionals Working With Youth in the Legal System

Last updated: February 6, 2025
Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Depression

Emotional Processing

Treatment

Resource+

Action In Mindfulness (AIM)+

Clinical Study ID

NCT06555172
2023-0363
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

This feasibility clinical trial aims to assess the feasibility of implementing a 1-month app-based meditation program with officers in the juvenile legal system and other professionals working directly with legal-involved youth.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Currently working with youth in the juvenile legal system or related juvenile services and programming

  • English speaking

  • Able to understand and provide consent

  • At least 18 years old

  • Have an Android or Apple smartphone

Study Design

Total Participants: 50
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Resource+
Phase:
Study Start date:
November 21, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
April 30, 2026

Study Description

Professionals working with legal-involved youth experience high levels of depression, anxiety, and workplace burnout. Mindfulness meditation targets emotion regulation-which appears to be a common mechanism underlying depression, anxiety, and burnout-and it can be effectively delivered via smartphone app. This project will assess the feasibility of implementing a 1-month app-based meditation program with officers and other professionals working with legal-involved youth in Cook County, which houses one of the nation's largest juvenile legal systems. The findings are intended to inform the development of a future, fully-powered hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Connect with a study center

  • University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois 60612
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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