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Testing the Effectiveness and Implementation of a Meditation App for Youth in the Legal System

Effectiveness and Implementation of a Meditation App Addressing Substance Use, Sexual Health, and Emotion Regulation Among Legal-Involved Youth

Who can join

Ages 13 to 20 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* 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
* Have legal guardian permission (if under 18 years old)
* English-speaking, due to norming of instruments

About the study

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?

What is being tested

• Bodhi AIM (intervention group) (behavioral)
• HIB (control group) (behavioral)

Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago · Participants: 300 · Started: Jun 5, 2025

Contact the study team

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06997120

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Drug Use and Addiction

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