Cognitive Behavior Therapy Clinical Trial
Official title:
Motivation and Skills for Detained Teen Smokers
The long-term objective of this research is to increase the investigators understanding of
effective smoking interventions for understudied adolescents at high risk for continued
smoking into adulthood.
This randomized clinical trial uses a 2 x 2 between groups design to investigate Motivational
Interviewing (MI) versus Relaxation Therapy (RT), and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) versus
Self-Help Programming (SHP). Treatments are provided during brief stay in detention and
adolescents are followed after release. The investigators seek to increase quit rates
post-release, and the investigators will examine the moderating and mediating effects of
motivation, anger, and self-efficacy. The investigators will study main effects for treatment
as well as whether the combination of MI/CBT is more effective than other treatments in
enhancing quit rates.
Frequently, treatment for smoking cessation is unavailable to youths in the juvenile justice
system, and when treatment is available, it may be provided using untested therapies. This
study extends previous research by rigorously evaluating smoking cessation interventions
specifically for teens at highest risk for continued smoking in adulthood. The investigators
will examine processes contributing to the efficacy of treatments. The development of
effective smoking interventions for juvenile detainees has the potential to reduce a
significant public health concern in this undeserved and high-risk population.
Research efforts to affect adolescent smoking cessation have not focused on detained teens.
This is an opportune time to enhance interest in smoking cessation and subsequent quit rates.
In addition, little is known about mechanisms of smoking cessation in adolescents, generally.
The long-term objective of this research is to increase our understanding of effective
smoking interventions for understudied adolescents at high risk for continued smoking into
adulthood.
This Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) uses a 2 x 2 between groups factorial design to
investigate Motivational Interviewing (MI) versus Relaxation Therapy (RT), and Cognitive
Behavior Therapy (CBT) versus Self-Help Programming (SHP). Treatments are provided during
brief stay in detention and adolescents are followed after release. The investigators seek to
increase quit rates post-release, and the investigators will examine the moderating and
mediating effects of motivation, anger, and self-efficacy. The investigators will study main
effects for treatment as well as whether the combination of MI/CBT is more effective than
other treatments in enhancing quit rates.
Methodology-Adolescents ages 13-19, who have been detained at the Rhode Island Training
School (RITS; ethnic breakdown: 32% Caucasian, 35% African American, 22% Latino, 5% Asian
American, and 6% of other racial backgrounds),and approximately 10% of its residents are
female. Adolescents will be eligible if: 1) they smoke an average of 1 cigarette or cigarillo
per day 2) they have an estimated length of 4-7 weeks stay in detention.
All teens who meet the inclusion criteria will be initially introduced to the study by Rhode
Island Training School (RITS) authorized personnel who will briefly explain the study. Youth
will be approached in person at the facility and if interested in the study, project staff
describes the purposes, procedures, and answers all questions the youth may have.It is also
emphasized that to not participate will not result in any repercussions in terms of their
detention to the facility.
In order to participate in the study, eligible teens will be required to read (or have read)
and sign an informed consent/assent form. Teens not meeting screening criteria or who decline
participation in the study will be thanked for their time. Teens who meet the inclusion
criteria, but decline participation will be asked to fill out a brief, anonymous
questionnaire containing demographic information and items concerning previous
incarcerations. If they agree to do so, they will be asked to read and sign an informed
consent/assent form. The purpose of this brief questionnaire is to allow us to determine if
the sample of teens that agreed to participate is significantly different from those who
declined.
After obtaining informed consent/assent, Youth complete the baseline assessment which takes
approximately 105 minutes to complete. All information will be collected during an interview
with a trained Research Assistant (RA), including an orientation to the project. These
assessments are identical for all conditions and will occur within 24 hrs. of consent/assent
at the RITS.
Contact information including; addresses, numbers, nicknames, employer info., and school
info, driver's license numbers, case workers (CW), probation officers (PO), and two family or
friends who would be able to locate them will be recorded.Locator information will include
name, address, and phone number, relation to the teen.Youth will be asked to sign a letter
addressed to their locators that explains that they are participating in a research project
at the University of Rhode Island (URI) and that they have given permission for the locator
to provide project staff with information to locate him/her.This letter provides no
information about the nature of the project.Locators will be contacted only if all other
attempts to reach the teen have failed.
Youth are then urn randomized to receive either one individual session of Motivational
Interviewing (MI) or Relaxation Therapy (RT). To optimize our chances of establishing a
causal relationship between the treatment conditions and differential treatment outcome urn
randomization is be employed. For our purposes age (<16 vs. > 16),family history of smoking
(none vs. first degree biological relatives), and childhood onset conduct disorder with
aggressive symptoms (yes vs. no) will factor into the urn randomization procedure, making it
more likely that groups will balance on these variables.
The MI session is 60-90 minutes in length, with focus on establishing rapport and building
motivation. The counselor explores teen's reasons for entering treatment, prior treatment
experience, previous attempts to change use, possible goals for treatment, substance effect
expectancy, and perceptions of self-efficacy. A personalized feedback report outlines
assessment results, highlights any problems or concerns related to cigarette use expressed by
teen, and compares tobacco use levels with national norms for same age and gender peers.
The RT condition is designed to be comparable in time to the MI, thus participants in this
condition will meet individually with a therapist for 60-90 minutes on one occasion. These
sessions will focus on instruction in muscle relaxation and meditation, and youth will be
given feedback and handouts on use of relaxation techniques. This relaxation training
protocol has been used as a treatment condition in a number of Institutional Review Board
(IRB) approved intervention studies.
After receiving one individualized treatment, youth are then randomized to one of two
different group interventions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) sessions will focus on training a variety of skills
including problem solving, coping, refusal of tobacco, communication, identification of
appropriate support networks, and developing a personal emergency plan for after release.
Each of these two group sessions at 60-75 minutes in length.
Self-Help Programming (SHP) utilizes a Nicotine Anonymous (NicA) approach to group treatment.
Therefore, the 12-step philosophy, tools and traditions of NicA, and what is gained by giving
up nicotine are discussed along with tips for not smoking. Each of these two group sessions
are 60-75 minutes in length.
A thirty minute Post-Individual Assessment (FFU1) occurs after the individual MI or RT
session. A 45 minute Post-Group Assessment (FFU2) occurs at the end of the youth's last group
session. These assessments are conducted by a Research Assistant (RA) blind to treatment
assignment.These assessments tap retention of experimental treatment effects.Incentives
include snacks and individual attention.
A RA will schedule a post-release three month follow up assessment prior to the youth's
release from RITS. The assessment will vary depending on when the teen is released, however
the assessment will take place 3 months after the release date for each teen. The remaining
Follow up is six months post release and is scheduled by the RA conducting the previous
session. Each follow-up assessments are approximately 60-90 minutes in length and will be
conducted in person in a private office at the University of Rhode Island, by a trained RA.
Assessments consist of questions regarding post-release behaviors such as previous charges,
smoking, and self-efficacy, and will utilize the same measures used in the baseline
assessment.
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