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Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions

Adapted Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions (EASE) to Decrease Psychological Distress Among Urban Youth and Caregivers in NYC: a Pilot Study

Who can join

Ages 10 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* Adolescents

  * 10-15 years old
  * English-speaking
  * Has obtained parental permission from a legally authorized representative (e.g. legal guardian).

    ○ Caregiver
  * English-speaking
  * Is a caretaker of a child ages 10-15 years old, meaning they regularly take care of a child
  * Adults who are above the age of 18 who meet the above criteria can participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

* The program is not intended for adolescents and caregivers who are experiencing severe cognitive impairments and/or have an imminent risk of suicide/acute protection needs.

About the study

The EASE program is an existing, evidence-based program/intervention (originally developed by the WHO), and this study is limited to evaluating the local implementation of this program.

The aims of this pilot study are to:

* Assess the acceptability and feasibility of training and supervision of EASE Helpers (community staff members) through an adapted EASE training. * Evaluate possible problems of recruitment, intervention delivery, and participant retention. * Assess the feasibility of EASE being delivered via a partnership between researchers and community members. * Evaluate implementation of EASE via the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) framework

A mixed-methods design with qualitative and quantitative approaches will be used to assess these objectives.

What is being tested

• EASE (behavioral)

Sponsor: The New School · Participants: 200 · Started: Mar 17, 2025

Contact the study team

• Tina Xu, MA · Phone: 2122295150
• Adam Brown, PhD · Phone: 2122295150

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06934954

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.