The goals of this hybrid type 2 randomized controlled trial (RCT) are to evaluate the effectiveness and individual-level implementation of a 1-month app-based meditation program with youth on probation in Cook County, IL. The primary questions it is designed to answer are:
1. Is the meditation app associated with improvements in behavioral health outcomes including cannabis use problems? 2. Do improvements in emotion regulation appear to mediate the effects of the meditation app on these behavioral health outcomes? 3. Will youth adequately adhere to the meditation app?
13-20 years old
In probation programming (i.e., in legal programming but not detained) in Cook County
Have access to an Apple/Android smartphone
Understand and provide assent/consent
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University of Illinois at Chicago
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Collaborator