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NCT06019377

Intervention to Enhance Coping and Help-seeking Among Youth in Foster Care

Active, Not Recruiting
NAAges 16–20InterventionalPrevention
Portland State University
~106 participants
Updated 2026-07-10 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Stronger Youth Networks and Coping (SYNC)

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Cognitive control and coping flexibility
Measured over immediately after program completion, 6 months after program completion
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Adolescent Behavior
Psychosocial Functioning
Coping Behavior
Help-Seeking Behavior
Utilization, Health Care
Depression
Anxiety
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Emotion Regulation
Child Welfare

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Oregon1

Study leadership

  • Jennifer Blakeslee, PhD,MSW,BS · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Portland State University

Who to contact

This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Eligible to receive federally-funded transition-related services in Oregon (ages 16-20 and in foster care at least 90 days after they turned age 14),
Indicated behavioral health risk. Behavioral health risk is indicated by child welfare administrative indicators of lifetime behavioral health need or service involvement (DSM diagnoses, psychotropic medication, emotional-behavioral disability, congregate care/residential placement)

Exclusion

Inability to actively participate in the intervention, including you who are: non-English speaking, significantly developmentally disabled, or where participation is otherwise contraindicated (e.g., youth is in crisis, youth is in a placement that will not allow for participation)

What this trial measures

  • Cognitive control and coping flexibilityimmediately after program completion, 6 months after program completion

    Cognitive Control and Flexibility Questionnaire (CCFQ; 18 items with 7-pt Likert-type response scale ranging from 1 'strongly disagree' to 7 'strongly agree', youth report) assesses cognitive control over emotion; and appraisal and coping flexibility. Average scores can range from 1 to 7, with higher scores indicating more (better) control and flexibility.

  • Help-seeking intentionsimmediately after program completion, 6 months after program completion

    General Help Seeking Questionnaire (22 items with 7-pt response scale ranging from 1 'Extremely unlikely' to 7 'Extremely likely', youth report) assesses intentions to seek help in the event of a personal or emotional problem and if having suicidal thoughts. Average scores can range from 1 to 7, with higher scores indicating more (better) help-seeking intentions.