AI-INFORMED PEER-MENTORING BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION PRIMARY PREVENTION IN YOUTH

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Peer-mentoring behavioral intervention: The intervention' s content will be based on existing evidence-based interventions, namely the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction program which enhances stress management and the Positive Youth Development Framework which strengthens social and emotional skills and facilitates social competence.

Health Education: Health education sessions delivered by professionals focusing on stress management and social skills

Study summary

The goal of this clinical trial will be to evaluate the efficacy of an AI-informed peer-mentoring program to improve stress management and social skills and reduce the risk of depressive and anxiety symptoms in healthy adolescents (12-18 years old) and young adults (18-25 years old). The main question it aims to answer is whether the peer-mentoring behavioral intervention will achieve the desired behavioral changes and reduce the emergence of anxiety and depression symptoms. Researchers will compare the AI-informed peer-mentoring behavioral intervention program with a standard peer-mentoring program and a standard health educational program. Some study participants will be trained to be peer mentors and subsequently they will be paired with slightly younger mentees and they will attend shared activities for an academic year

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) — From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 6 months
  Assessment of stress levels
• Revised Children Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS-25) — From enrollment to intervention completion at 6 months
  Assessment of anxiety and depressive symptoms in adolescents
• Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) — From enrollment to study completion at 6 months
  Assessment of anxiety, depressive and stress symptoms in young adults
• Depression Anxiety Stress Scale Youth (DASS-Y) — From enrollment to study completion at 6 months
  Assessment of anxiety, depressive and stress symptoms in adolescents
• KIDSCREEN-27 Social functioning sub-scale — From enrollment to study completion at 6 months
  Assessment of social functioning
• SF36 Social functioning sub-scale — From enrollment to study completion at 6 months
  Assessment of social functioning

Trial sites (2)