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Transforming Adolescent Perception and Mental Health Through Meditation and Cognitive Reappraisal A Mixed Method Study

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · with Tiny Blue Dot Foundation · NCT07173608

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 15–18 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
96
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
May 1, 2026
Record last updated
July 21, 2026

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What the study is about

This study will evaluate how a comprehensive meditation-based program, Inner Engineering, supports teens ages 15-18 in becoming more joyful, focused, resilient, and better equipped to manage stress and thrive. Through this study, researchers will examine whether practices like meditation, yoga, and cognitive reframing can help adolescents view and respond to challenges with greater clarity and balance. The study will assess mental and physical impacts through self-report, physiological, and neuroimaging methods.

Being studied: Inner Engineering Program

Conditions: Meditation; Cognitive Reappraisal; Emotional Regulation

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Individuals between15-18 years of age
  • Ability to understand study instructions and provide informed consent/assent. (parental consent for minors)
  • Access to internet and a device to complete online study activities
  • Currently residing in the United States
  • Willing and able to travel to the hospital location in Boston for study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Non-English speaking (Justification: the intervention and assessment instruments are not validated in a sufficient range of languages, and the research team lacks polylingual capabilities or the financial resources to hire interpreters for the duration of all proposed assessments.)
  • Practicing meditation regularly in the past 6 months (4 or more times per week for 4 weeks or more in the past 6 months)
  • History of psychiatric illness such as severe anxiety, severe depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
  • Current use of cognition enhancing drugs
  • Current management for chronic pain
  • History (within past 5 years) of seizure, brain surgery or any condition causing cognitive decline.
  • Active history (within the last 5 years) of alcohol or drug abuse.
  • Current pregnancy or planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months
  • Currently enrolled in another interventional study that could impact the primary outcome, as determined by the PI
  • Significant visual impairment
  • Subject has previously learned the intervention.
  • Subject has contraindications for MRI (Detailed in the eligibility screening questions)

Recruiting US locations

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA 02445

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Sepideh Hariri, PhD · 617-278-8082 · sadhgurucenter_research@bidmc.harvard.edu
  • Balachundhar Subramaniam, MD, MPH · 617-667-2721 · sadhgurucenter_research@bidmc.harvard.edu
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