Background Recruiting participants to trials can be extremely difficult. Identifying strategies
that improve trial recruitment would benefit both trialists and health research. Objectives To …

Investigating the mechanisms through which psychotherapy brings about desired change
can inform efforts to improve therapies. We applied meta-analytic structural equation …

Anxiety disorders in adolescence are common and disruptive, pointing to a need for effective
treatments for this age group. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is one of the most popular …

Music therapy holds promising potential to support adolescents with depression mastering
developmental tasks as well as improving emotion regulation. The objective of the present …

Evaluations of school-based interventions and prevention programs typically require
parental consent for students to participate. In school-based efforts, program evaluators may …

This manuscript focuses on qualitative data collected for AAKOMA Project, a 2-phase
treatment engagement intervention trial for depressed African American adolescents and …

Background High quality longitudinal studies investigating changes in health behaviours
over the transition into early adulthood are critical. However, recruiting and retaining …

This manuscript focuses on the recruitment efforts and pilot testing of a culturally tailored
motivational interviewing intervention associated with the AAKOMA Project, a 2-phase …

In recent years, underserved communities have received much attention within the field of
positive youth development (PYD). While there are an increasing number of opportunities for …

Introduction To provide an overview of factors related to recruitment of adolescents and
young adults (AYA) into research and recruitment rates and reasons for refusal from a …