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Meditation and Cognitive Reappraisal for Adolescent Mental Health

This study is looking at how a program called Inner Engineering can help teenagers (ages 15-18) improve their emotional well-being. Inner Engineering combines meditation, yoga, and ways to rethink challenging situations (cognitive reappraisal) to help teens become more joyful, focused, and better at handling stress. Researchers want to see if these practices can help you view and respond to challenges with more clarity. The study will measure emotional well-being at the beginning, after 6 weeks, and again after 3 months. You can join if you are 15-18 years old, live in the US, have internet access, and can travel to Boston for study procedures. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study with 96 participants, comparing the Inner Engineering program to a control group. It is a randomized controlled trial, meaning participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups.
What's involved
You would participate in the Inner Engineering program, which includes meditation, yoga, and cognitive reappraisal. Assessments will occur at the start, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks, and involve questionnaires, tasks, brain scans (EEG, fMRI), wearable monitoring, and blood tests. You will need to travel to Boston for study procedures.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your emotional well-being will be measured at 6 weeks and 3 months after the start of the study.

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NCT07173608

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

Recruiting
NAAges 15–18InterventionalHealth services
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
~96 participants
Updated 2026-07-21 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Inner Engineering Program

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Emotional Wellbeing
Measured over Measured at Baseline, 6 weeks and 3 months

Conditions

Meditation
Cognitive Reappraisal
Emotional Regulation

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Massachusetts1

Study leadership

  • Sepideh Hariri, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Who to contact

Sepideh Hariri, PhD
[email protected]
617-278-8082
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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

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)

What this trial measures

  • Emotional WellbeingMeasured at Baseline, 6 weeks and 3 months

    the PERMA profiler, (15 items) designed to measure Seligman's five pillars of wellbeing (PERMA is the acronym developed from the first letter of these five pillars): Positive emotions, Relationships, Engagement, Meaning, and Accomplishment. It shows good reliability among adolescents and good construct validity. The total PERMA-Profiler score is the average of all the factor scores, which can range from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater mental wellbeing.