Effectiveness and Security Testing of a Mobile App for Self-Managing Emotion Dysregulation

Effectiveness and Security Testing of a Mobile App for Self-Managing Emotion Dysregulation in a Non-Clinical Population With Borderline Traits: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04210648

Enrollment

Registered

2019-12-26

Start date

2026-09-30

Completion date

2028-10-31

Last updated

2024-09-19

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Conditions

Emotional Dysregulation

Brief summary

To assess the effectiveness and security of a mobile App (beta version) for people with borderline traits recruited from a non-clinical population of college students in Barcelona (Spain). The main primary outcome will be the severity of the emotional dysregulation. Forty participants will use the mobile app over 6 months. This group while be compared at post-treatment and at 3-month follow-up with other 40 participants (control group) with any intervention.

Interventions

DEVICEMobile app

Mobile app for self-managing emotional dysregulation

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Borderline traits * Aged between 18 to 65 years * College students

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Emotion dysregulation severity	9-month	Severity of emotional dysregulation as measured by a single score from the The DERS scale (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation scale) (range: 0-88; the higher the score, the more severe the emotion dysregulation severity).
smartphone addiction	9-month	Severity of smartphone addiction as measured by the Spanish version of the The Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) (range: 10-60; the higher the score, the more severe the smartphone addiction severity).

Contacts

Primary ContactAlvaro Frias

afrias@csdm.cat0034689554606

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026