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NCT Number: NCT04875208

Seguimos Avanzando - Latino Youth Coping With Discrimination

The overall objective of this study is to investigate mediators and moderators at multiple ecological (individual, family/peer and school/neighborhood levels) and time-scale (micro- and macro-time) levels in the link between discrimination-related stressors and mental health among 340 Mexican-origin youth.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental Health Behavior Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being

Age range

12 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University of Notre Dame, William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families

South Bend, Indiana, 46635, United States

About this study

The project's long-term goal is to improve the mental health of Mexican-origin youth by reducing the deleterious effects of racism, "othering," and negative neighborhood interactions. Community based collaboration will be used to recruit a sample of 340 Mexican-origin adolescents, mothers, and fathers in Indiana. The inclusion of fathers will be a valuable contribution to the literature, given the dearth of studies on Latinx fathers/stepfathers. A combination of annual surveys administered over three waves to parents and youth ("macro-time") and a 21-day daily diary ("micro-time") administered in wave 1 to youth is employed to assess important questions about how mediating and moderating processes unfold over time. Specific aims of the project include determination of within-person discrimination-related stressors that impact youth's mental health outcomes and the mechanisms of action at both micro- and macro- time levels; identification of protective factors that could help coping with discrimination related stressors and conditions under which they work; and elucidating youth, parent, and neighborhood risk factors that moderate the link between discrimination-related stressors and mental health outcomes in youth. This research is highly translational in that it will facilitate the development of more effective, culturally sensitive prevention and intervention strategies for Latinx youth and their families.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Adolescent Inclusion Criteria:

  • The adolescent has two eligible caregivers (as defined in the following criteria)
  • The adolescent resides with at least one of the two caregivers.
  • One of the caregivers is a parent or legal guardian who is eligible to give consent for the child's participation.

Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:

  • Biological Parents of Mexican origin
  • Legal guardians of Mexican origin
  • Step-parents of Mexican origin
  • A caregiver of Mexican origin identified by the parent/guardian who is 18 or older (e.g., grandparents, uncles/aunts, older siblings, godparents)

Exclusion criteria

  • A parent reports that the adolescent has a severe learning or developmental disability which would prevent understanding/survey response

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Children's Depression Inventory 2nd Edition™: Self-Report Short Form [(CDI-2: SR(S)]

    Time frame: Time 0 (baseline)

    Youth Depression, Total score 0-24, Higher scores are worse

  2. Children's Depression Inventory 2nd Edition™: Self-Report Short Form [(CDI-2: SR(S)]

    Time frame: Month 12

    Youth Depression, Total score 0-24, Higher scores are worse

  3. Children's Depression Inventory 2nd Edition™: Self-Report Short Form [(CDI-2: SR(S)]

    Time frame: Month 24

    Youth Depression, Total score 0-24, Higher scores are worse

  4. Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders/ [General Anxiety subscale only] (SCARED)

    Time frame: Time 0 (baseline)

    Youth Anxiety, Subscale Total score 0-18, Higher scores are worse

  5. Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders/ [General Anxiety subscale only] (SCARED)

    Time frame: Month 12

    Youth Anxiety, Subscale Total score 0-18, Higher scores are worse

  6. Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders/ [General Anxiety subscale only] (SCARED)

    Time frame: Month 24

    Youth Anxiety, Subscale Total score 0-18, Higher scores are worse

  7. Youth Self-Report for Ages 11-18 (YSR/11-18)

    Time frame: Time 0 (baseline)

    Youth Psychological Symptoms

  8. Youth Self-Report for Ages 11-18 (YSR/11-18)

    Time frame: Month 12

    Youth Psychological Symptoms

  9. Youth Self-Report for Ages 11-18 (YSR/11-18)

    Time frame: Month 24

    Youth Psychological Symptoms

  10. Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6-18 (CBCL/6-18)

    Time frame: Time 0 (baseline)

    Adaptive Functioning

  11. Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6-18 (CBCL/6-18)

    Time frame: Month 12

    Adaptive Functioning

  12. Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6-18 (CBCL/6-18)

    Time frame: Month 24

    Adaptive Functioning

  13. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

    Time frame: Time 0 (baseline)

    Sleep Duration and Quality; Total global score (for unadapted scale) 0-21

  14. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

    Time frame: Month 12

    Sleep Duration and Quality; Total global score (for unadapted scale) 0-21

  15. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

    Time frame: Month 24

    Sleep Duration and Quality; Total global score (for unadapted scale) 0-21

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • Fordham University
  • Indiana University
  • University of Notre Dame

Registry information

Official study title

Latino Youth Coping With Discrimination: A Multi-Level Investigation in Micro- and Macro-Time

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
May 6, 2021
Registry last updated
Nov 29, 2024

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