Adolescents
Conditions
Keywords
Emotion Regulation, Adolescents, Serious Game, Anxiety, Behavior problems
Brief summary
This study aims to assess the effects of an intervention to improve emotional regulation skills in adolescents with affective (anxiety and/or depression) and behavioral problems.
Detailed description
Emotional regulation skills and strategies are a protective factor against various problems and psychopathologies. The development and maintenance of affective symptoms are usually very harmful to the adolescent and for his/her family and social environment and can lead to other more serious psychological problems (depression, anxiety, adaptive disorders, etc.) or problems of socio-educational maladjustment. This study aims to improve the emotional regulation of adolescents who present affective symptoms related to anxiety, depression, or behavioral problems, such as difficulties in their interpersonal relationships, impulsivity, anxiety, anger attacks, low tolerance to frustration, apathy, or sadness. The intervention program, applied through a video game, is an intervention protocol for emotional well-being that has been tested and validated in an adolescent population with emotional and behavioral problems.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSerious Game: Emotional Health Island (SAEM)
This intervention aims to aim to develop competencies for emotional regulation through exposure and acceptance strategies. This intervention is applied through a serious game developed for this purpose. the adolescent will complete a series of missions aimed at developing skills related to psychological flexibility, namely, greater psychological acceptance, mindfulness in the present moment, and committed actions in the direction of personal values. This serious game is guided by a therapist.
Sponsors
Universitat Jaume I
Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Investigación Biomédica Andalucía Oriental
Universidad de Almeria
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Caregiver)
Intervention model description
Clinical Trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 16 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Between 12 and 16 years old * Show affective symptoms associated with depression and anxiety or behavior problems * Show willingness to participate in the research study * Understand written and spoken Spanish * Show stability in treatment dosage, if taking medication.
Exclusion criteria
* Exhibit incapacitating neurological and/or intellectual impairment * Have a diagnosis of severe mental disorder * Substance abuse addiction or dependence
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Difficulties in Emotional Regulation Scale (DERS; Hervás & Jódar, 2008) | Change from baseline at immediately after the intervention, and at 3 months | Consists of 28 items that make up 6 dimensions of emotional dysregulation: attention, acceptance, impulsivity, clarity, goals and strategies. The reliability index is between .87 and .93. |
| Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS-30; Pineda et al., 2018) | Change from baseline at immediately after the intervention, and at 3 months | it is a 30-item scale to assess the presence of symptoms associated or compatible with depression and anxiety in children and adolescents. Internal consistency between .78 and .93. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Young People (AFQ-Y; Valdivia-Salas, Martín-Albo, Zaldívar, Lombas, & Jiménez, 2016) | Change from baseline at immediately after the intervention, and at 3 months | that assesses the level of avoidance and cognitive fusion present when faced with distressing situations. This scale presents a Cronbach's alpha between .76 and 87. |
| . Willingness and Action Scale for Children and Adolescents (WAM; Cobos, Flujas-Contreras, & Gomez, 2020) | Change from baseline at immediately after the intervention, and at 3 months | ) to assess levels of acceptance and behavioral activation (action) in the direction of valued life areas. This scale shows an internal consistency between .76 and .81. |
| Mood and coping | Change from baseline at immediately after the intervention, and at 3 months | At the start and close of the App, a series of questions will appear that measure mood of the users by means of a visual face scale (5-point Likert) and a coping question by means of a 5-point Likert scale. |
Countries
Spain
Contacts
Primary ContactInmaculada Gómez-Becerra, Prof.
Backup ContactJuan M Flujas-Contreras, PhD
Outcome results
None listed