Emotional Problem
Conditions
Keywords
online therapeutic game, emotional problems, prevention
Brief summary
The general objective of the study is to test an online platform for the prevention of emotional disorders in children aged 8-12 without any clinical symptoms.
Detailed description
The general objective of the study is to test an online platform for the prevention of emotional disorders in children aged 8-12 without any clinical symptoms. The game will be used by children and adolescents for a period of four weeks. Pre-test and post-test measurements will be taken.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALRethink game
REThink is a online therapeutic game developed by David and collaborators (2018), proved to be an efficient intervention for the reduction of emotional symptoms in children and adolescents.
Sponsors
The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
Oana David
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* children aged 8 to 12 years * parental consent provided * al least one answer different than never true on the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire - Short Form (CTQ-SF; Bernstein & Fink, 1998; Bernstein et al., 2003), measuring dichotomically the presence of Emotional Neglect, Physical Neglect, Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse
Exclusion criteria
* intellectual disability or physical limitations precluding the use of the online platform presence of a mental health disorder in the children or their enrolled parent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child emotion regulation | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | The Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA; Biesecker & Easterbrooks, 2001). The 13 items are measured on a five-point Likert scale, from 0 strong disagreement to 5strong agreement where higher scores represent better emotional regulation abilitie |
| Changes in child emotion regulation | post-test, one week after the intervention | The Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA; Biesecker & Easterbrooks, 2001). The 13 items are measured on a five-point Likert scale, from 0 strong disagreement to 5strong agreement where higher scores represent better emotional regulation abilities. |
| Children emotional regulation | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire - Short (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2006) is an 18-item self-report scale that measures a total of nine different cognitive coping strategies, each addressed by two items. |
| Changes in children emotional regulation | post-test, one week after the intervention | The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire - Short (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2006) is an 18-item self-report scale that measures a total of nine different cognitive coping strategies, each addressed by two items. |
| child emotional simptoms | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) |
| Changes in child emotional simptoms | post-test, one week after the intervention | SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes child mental health | post-test, one week after the intervention | SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) The strengths and difficulties questionnaire: a pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 7:125-130 |
| child behavioral difficulties | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) The strengths and difficulties questionnaire: a pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 7:125-130 |
| Mental health | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) The strengths and difficulties questionnaire: a pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 7:125-130 |
| Children's irrational beliefs | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality (CASI, Bernard & Cronan, 1999) |
| changes in Children's irrational beliefs | post-test, one week after the intervention | The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality (CASI, Bernard & Cronan, 1999) |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child attachment | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | The Security Scale (Kerns, Klepac, & Cole, 1996) is a 15-item measure of attachment security in children aged 8 to 12. The scale uses a some kids... other kids... format and asks respondents to select the degree to which they feel they are similar to the type of children they have previously selected, using a two-point Likert scale (Really true for me or Sort of true for me. |
| Child trauma | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | CTQ - Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Bernstein, D. P., Stein, J. A., Newcomb, M. D., Walker, E., Pogge, D., Ahluvalia, T., ... & Zule, W. (2003). Development and validation of a brief screening version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Child abuse & neglect, 27(2), 169-190. |
Countries
Romania
Outcome results
None listed