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Testing the Effectiveness and Implementation of a Meditation App for Youth in the Legal System

University of Illinois at Chicago · with National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) · NCT06997120

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 13–20 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
300
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
June 5, 2025
Record last updated
March 10, 2026

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What the study is about

The goals of this hybrid type 2 randomized controlled trial (RCT) are to evaluate the effectiveness and individual-level implementation of a 1-month app-based meditation program with youth on probation in Cook County, IL. The primary questions it is designed to answer are:

  • Is the meditation app associated with improvements in behavioral health outcomes including cannabis use problems?
  • Do improvements in emotion regulation appear to mediate the effects of the meditation app on these behavioral health outcomes?
  • Will youth adequately adhere to the meditation app?

Being studied: Bodhi AIM (intervention group); HIB (control group)

Conditions: Behavioral Health

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • 13-20 years old
  • In probation programming (i.e., in legal programming but not detained) in Cook County
  • Have access to an Apple/Android smartphone
  • Understand and provide assent/consent
  • Have legal guardian permission (if under 18 years old)
  • English-speaking, due to norming of instruments

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    Chicago, IL 60612

    Site contact: Ashley D Kendall, PhD · 312-355-1836 · akendall@uic.edu

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