ON-TRAC
BehavioralOnline tablet-based intervention that teaches youth emotion regulation skills and integrates substance use prevention content
NCT Number: NCT06754527
This study will examine the effectiveness of ON-TRAC (Options for Navigating Talking about Risk and Adolescent Choices), which is an online substance use prevention program that also teaches emotion regulation skills. 200 adolescents, 12-15 years of age, will be randomized to ON-TRAC or a wait list comparison group (who will be offered the intervention at the end of their study participation) to determine impact on substance use, emotion regulation abilities, mental health symptoms, and other risk behavior outcomes.
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Get Notified12 year–15 year
All sexes
Interventional
Not applicable
Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
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Online tablet-based intervention that teaches youth emotion regulation skills and integrates substance use prevention content
Time frame: Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months
A calendar assisted daily substance use estimation method obtained by interview. Days used will serve as primary outcome. More days used represent more substance use.
Time frame: Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months
Assesses self-efficacy to resist alcohol use. Scores range from 9 to 54. Higher scores represent greater drinking refusal self-efficacy.
Time frame: Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months
Assesses self-efficacy to resist marijuana use. Scores range from 9 to 54. Higher scores represent greater marijuana refusal self-efficacy.
Time frame: Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months
Single items assess other risk behaviors such as sexual risk or violence behaviors. Endorsement of each individual item indicates engagement in the risk behavior.
Time frame: Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months
Assesses symptoms of mental health and social functioning. Scores range from 5 to 25. Higher scores indicate greater anger.
Time frame: Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months
Assesses perceptions of emotion regulation skills. Scores range from 18-90. Higher scores indicate more difficulty regulating emotions.
Time frame: Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months
Assesses use of emotion regulation behaviors taught in the intervention. Scores range from 9 to 36. Higher scores indicate more frequent use of the strategies taught.
Time frame: Baseline, 2-, and 8-months
Computer-based measure that asks participants to identify the emotion of facial expressions displayed in photographs. Scores range from 0 to 20. Higher scores indicate better identification of emotions.
Time frame: Baseline, 2-, and 8-months
Computerized frustration task in which participants are given the option to quit at any time. Scores range from 0 to 300 seconds. Higher scores indicate more persistence in a frustrating task.
Time frame: Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months
Assesses perception of ability to cope with negative emotions. Scores range from 8 to 40. Higher scores indicate greater perceived ability to cope with negative emotions.
Time frame: Baseline, 2-, 5-, and 8-months
Assesses beliefs about the controllability of emotions. Scores range from 6 to 36. Higher scores indicate stronger beliefs about the controllability of emotions.
Time frame: Baseline and 2-month follow up
Collected in response to virtual reality scenes, RSA is a physiological marker of emotion regulation processes calculated from heart rate variability as an index of parasympathetic activity.
Time frame: 2-month follow-up (ON-TRAC group only)
Assesses acceptability of digital interventions to assess implementation outcomes. Scores range from 5 to 25. Higher scores indicate greater acceptability of the intervention.
Time frame: 2-month follow-up (ON-TRAC group only)
Assesses usability of technology programs to assess implementation outcomes. Scores range from 10 to 50. Higher scores indicate greater usability of the intervention.
Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.
Christopher Houck, PhD
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Stephanie Parade, PhD
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Rhode Island Hospital
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Emotion Regulation Intervention to Prevent Substance Use Among Youth in the Child Welfare System
Acronym: ON-TRAC
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