Preventing Depression of Chinese American Adolescents by RRE
Subclinical Depressive Symptoms

About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Subclinical Depressive Symptoms
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Participants must be CAAs (ethnic Chinese descent, born or grew up in the U.S) and meet the following inclusion criteria: 14 -18 years old enrolled in school. Understand and sign an informed consent (or assent for minors) document. Sixth grade reading level (in order to understand and complete proposed tasks). Exclusion Criteria: Those who do not have sixth grade reading level to understand and complete the measures Those who have a diagnosis of major depression or other mental disorders (that needs more extensive treatment than the Relax, Reflect, and Empower application -RRE program can provide) Those who have a score of 3 or above in Patient Health Questionnaire-2 or Generalized Anxiety Disorder- 2 (who need more extensive treatment than the RRE program can provide)
Sites / Locations
- Northeastern University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Relax, Reflect, and Empower application
Daily check-in text messages
Participants in the RRE group will select an Avatar from a pool of 20 Avatars as their companion over the 3 months. The Avatar wellness check-in in the RRE group includes a daily brief check-in of 5-minute/day (4 days/week), and a weekly full wellness check-in of 15 minutes/week for 3 months. The daily brief check-in includes a wellbeing and mood check and a 3-minute relaxation meditation. The weekly full wellness check-in includes reflection activities in addition to the daily check-in activities.
Participants will receive a wellness check-in text message 5 days/week [4 daily wellness check-in (2-3 minutes/day) +1 weekly wellness check-in (4-5 minutes/week)] for 3 months.