Social Threat, Adolescent Relationships, and Suicidality Study
This study aims to understand how female adolescents (ages 12-17) who have experienced suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) respond to social information. Researchers want to see if how teens pay attention to different emotional expressions relates to their real-world relationships and emotional health. You would participate in an experimental task where you remember faces with different emotions, and your brain activity would be measured using an EEG (a test that records brain waves). The study hopes to learn why some teens develop STBs and how to improve their emotional health. Success would mean understanding how these responses affect social connections and STBs over six months.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study with 100 female participants, aged 12-17. There is no assignment to different groups; all participants receive the same intervention.
- What's involved
- You would have a baseline interview, a lab visit for an EEG assessment and experimental task, smartphone surveys, and follow-up assessments at 3 and 6 months.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for suicidal thoughts and behaviors at 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks after the intervention, and then at three and six months later.
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Social Threat, Adolescent Relationships, and Suicidality Study
At a glance
Conditions
NCT07294079
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniastudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Kiera M James, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Pittsburgh
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What this trial measures
- Day-to-day social connectedness1 month
Participants will be asked to rate their social connectedness with their parents/caregivers and peers 3x a day for 30 days using a 0 (not connected) to 100 (very connected) point scale.
- Suicidal thoughts and behaviors1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks after the intervention as well as three and six months later
Participants' suicidal thoughts and behaviors will be assessed will be assessed using the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (SITBI) and Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire-Jr (SIQ-JR). Severity of suicidal thoughts and behaviors will be operationalized as (0) absent, (1) passive SI, (2) active SI, (3) SI with a method, (4) SI with some intent, but no specific plan, (5) SI with specific plan and intent, and (6) suicide attempt(s).