NCT07050251

Bridging the Divide: A Pioneering Culturally-Specific Mentoring Intervention to Increase Support for At-Risk Youth

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a culturally-specific mentoring intervention to improve socio-emotional skills, psychological well-being, and social support among at-risk youth and to evaluate the proposed mentoring intervention's impact on academic outcomes, social behavior, and caregiver perceptions of social-emotional competencies. Additionally, it seeks to gather stakeholder feedback to refine the intervention further.

Conditions

• Socio-emotional Well-being
• Psychological Well-Being

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mentoring Intervention Delivery	The intervention will utilize a culturally specific, socio-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum, adapted based on feedback from the focus groups. The intervention will consist of 10 weekly mentoring sessions lasting 1 hour each. Licensed clinicians will lead sessions and will also serve as mentors.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-27
• Primary completion: 2025-07-26
• Completion: 2025-08-15
• First posted: 2025-07-03
• Last updated: 2025-07-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States