Preventing Suicide in African American Adolescents
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The overarching aim of the Success Over Stress Prevention Project is to reduce African American youth suicide. This study examines the impact of a 15-session, group-delivered, culturally-grounded, cognitive-behavioral intervention (i.e., PI Robinson's Adapted-Coping with Stress Course \[A-CWS\]), on the outcomes of interest, when it is delivered by social workers who are indigenous to the school system. The main objectives of this project are to (a) determine whether the intervention is effective when facilitated by social workers who are indigenous to the school system and (b) enhance resilience, increase adaptive coping strategies, and reduce both intrapersonal and interpersonal violence among youth receiving the prevention intervention. It is expected that increases in adaptive coping will lead to an increased ability for youth to manage stressors, thereby decreasing the incidence of suicide and violence among the youth. In addition, it is expected that evidence of the intervention's effectiveness, when facilitated by social workers who are indigenous to the school system, will lead to greater dissemination and sustainability of the intervention, thus, providing access to effective intervention resources to greater numbers of African American youth.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Feb 2022
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
6 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 29, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 5, 2020
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
February 1, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 30, 2026
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 30, 2026
June 5, 2024
June 1, 2024
4.4 years
January 29, 2020
June 4, 2024
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Change in Suicide Ideation
Suicide ideation will be measured using the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ-JR), a 15-item measure of adolescents' distress and suicidal intent. Scale scores range from 0 to 90, with higher scores meaning a worse outcome (i.e., greater suicide ideation).
Assessments will be administered through study completion, an average of every six months.
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Change in Adaptive Coping
Assessments will be administered through study completion, an average of every six months.
Change in Hope
Assessments will be administered through study completion, an average of every six months.
Change in Hopelessness
Assessments will be administered through study completion, an average of every six months.
Study Arms (2)
Robinson's Culturally Adapted Coping with Stress Course
EXPERIMENTALStandard Care Control Condition
ACTIVE COMPARATORInterventions
Participants randomized to the experimental condition will take part in the Adapted Coping with Stress Course (A-CWS). The A-CWS is a 15-session, cognitive-behavioral group intervention designed to develop and enhance African American youths' skills to adaptively cope with stress, using standard cognitive-behavioral strategies such as relaxation training and cognitive restructuring. Emphasis is given to the identification of individual and contextual factors associated with suicide risk and the unique day-to-day experiences of the youth, providing options for adaptive coping (e.g., positive thinking) that are culturally consistent. The A-CWS is structured and manualized to allow its transportability to service providers working in similar environments with similar youth.
Students meeting criteria for study inclusion and randomized into the standard care condition will be referred to the school-based health center (SBHC) mental health provider for case management. Standard care may range from (1) brief intervention by the SBHC mental health provider to (2) outside referral to local community service providers; these determinations will be made by the SBHC mental health team.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Students: Enrolled 9th grade student at time of initial enrollment at participating high school
- Parents/guardians: Child enrolled in study
- Teachers: Student enrolled in study
You may not qualify if:
- Not a 9th grade student at time of initial enrollment
- No parent/legal guardian permission
- For parents and teachers: no students enrolled in study
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- DePaul Universitylead
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)collaborator
Study Sites (6)
Richard T. Crane High School
Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois, 60614, United States
Dunbar Vocational Career Academy
Chicago, Illinois, 60616, United States
Orr Academy High School
Chicago, Illinois, 60624, United States
Wendell Phillips Academy High School
Chicago, Illinois, 60653, United States
Proviso East High School
Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
LaVome Robinson, PhD
DePaul University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 29, 2020
First Posted
February 5, 2020
Study Start
February 1, 2022
Primary Completion (Estimated)
June 30, 2026
Study Completion (Estimated)
June 30, 2026
Last Updated
June 5, 2024
Record last verified: 2024-06