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Can mindful parenting shield teens from drugs and drinking?

NCT ID NCT05370768

Prevention Sponsor: George Mason University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Sep 15, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

Researchers are testing whether a mindfulness program for highly stressed parents can prevent substance use and psychological symptoms in their 12- to 14-year-old children. The trial compares the parenting mindfulness intervention with a parent education program in 269 families. Parents learn meditation and mindfulness skills to use in daily life and parenting interactions. The study measures teen substance use through surveys, urine and breath screens, and interviews, along with youth and parent reports of psychological symptoms.

What this could mean

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Active substance
a mindfulness training program for parents
What this could lead to
If it works, this could give families a non-drug way to lower teens' risk of substance use and psychological symptoms by changing how parents handle stress.
What could go wrong
Mindfulness programs do not help everyone, and teen substance use has many causes beyond parenting. The trial may show no clear difference between the mindfulness and parent education approaches.

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

269 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Apr 2022

Expected to finish

May 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

12 to 14 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Main Study Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: 1. Family with adolescent between 12-14 years; 2. High stress levels for at least one primary caregiver (referred to as "parents" throughout the application, but not required to be biological parents) on stress screener; 3. Adequate English proficiency to complete questionnaires for adolescent and at least one parent (because several of our questionnaires have not been validated for use in other languages) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosis of intellectual disability for adolescent or psychosis for adolescent; 2. Current active suicidality that is untreated for parent or adolescent (We will refer participants with active suicidality for inpatient treatment. They will be eligible to participate in the study once stabilized), 3. Current SUDs that are untreated for parent except Tobacco Use Disorder (because participants must to be able to refrain from substances except nicotine/tobacco during the PAIT lab session day safely without withdrawal symptoms). We will refer parents with active SUDs to treatment. They will be eligible to participate in the study once stabilized and in treatment. 4. Lifetime SUD diagnosis for adolescent because an aim of the study is SUD prevention. Note: We are recruiting for about 130 of the primary caregiver parents to be eligible in and interested in completing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans are pre and post-intervention. If we do not meet this number, we will restrict recruitment to those families with one parent who is interested in and eligible for fMRI.

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Adolescent psychological symptoms Adolescent substance use Parent stress Parenting

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  • George Mason University

    Fairfax, Virginia, 22030, United States

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