Recruiting

Cognitive-Behavioral Resiliency

Sponsor:

UCLA

Code:

NCT07167719

Conditions

Adjustment

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Study Details

Brief summary:

This pilot study assesses the feasibility and acceptability of delivering a brief Cognitive-Behavioral Resiliency treatment to a population of recently released parolees. This study will also give a preliminary indication if the treatment is associated with reliable improvements in adjustment symptoms and well-being for parolees.

Conditions

Adjustment

Study ID

NCT07167719

Start date

Jan 27, 2026

Status verified date

Sep, 2025

Completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years or older
  • Speaks English
  • Been on parole for two years or less.
  • Score of 8.5 or higher (range 4 to 16) on the Adjustment Disorder New Module 4 (ADNM-4) screening tool (Ben-Ezra, et al., 2018).

Exclusion Criteria: None

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Treatment

Participants will receive a 5-session CBT intervention

no intervention: Assessment Only

Participants will receive study assessments

Interventions

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focused on building resiliency in response to the effects of institutionalization

Primary outcome measure

  • Adjustment Disorder New Module 20 [ Time Frame: From pretreatment (baseline) to the end of treatment (5 weeks after baseline) ]
  • Flourishing Scale [ Time Frame: From pretreatment (baseline) to the end of treatment (5 weeks after baseline) ]
  • PROMIS Meaning and Purpose Short Form 8a [ Time Frame: From pretreatment (baseline) to the end of treatment (5 weeks after baseline) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Joanne B DeCaro

360-903-5503jdecaro@uci.edu

Alyson K Zalta

949-490-2247azalta@uci.edu

Locations

The Francisco Homes

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90037

Contacts

Teresa Groth, Sister (Catholic)

+1 323-293-1111info@thefranciscohomes.org

More Information

Sponsor

University of California, Irvine

Last update posted

Feb 5, 2026

Last verified

Sep, 2025

Keywords

  • Incarceration
  • Reentry

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of California, Irvine on 2026-02-05.