Emotion Regulation, Stress
Conditions
Brief summary
Entry in the REThinkACADEMY trial will be based on the high distress range on a psychological validate instrument to assess stress. After participants are enrolled in the REThinkACADEMY trial and randomized, those in the experimental condition ill access a ecological momentary intervention (EMI) app for the prevention of emotional disorders for 4 weeks. In the second stage, for the non-responders to the ecological supportive intervention, the online game will be implemented while the rest of the groups will be monitored for another 4 weeks. At the next step, post-test outcomes assessment will be implemented. Long term assessments will be conducted at 6 months for the college student's naturalistic follow-up phase.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALREThink Life Game
REThink Life Game is the therapeutic game that uses psychological science to help youths find their superhero emotional strengths! It is composed of four levels, each training a specific emotion regulation ability: emotion recognition, mindfulness and relaxation, cognitive change and positive bias.
BEHAVIORALPsyPills
PsyPills is a self-help psycho-educational instrument intended to build stress resilience and to target (only) mild and transient negative mood states, alone or in combination with other methods/instruments. Psychological Pills (PsyPills) are inspired by Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT/REBT), which has strong evidence for its efficacy/effectiveness in human development/health promotion and in the treatment of a variety of psychological conditions. The PsyPills app was tested in a pilot study and showed positive effects on reducing distress. The efficacy of the app adjunct to other therapeutic tools within the platform in our projects will be tested.
BEHAVIORALMoodWheel
Mood Wheel is a web and mobile-based app that uses experience sampling procedures for the assessment of current/previous distress and positive emotions. The aim of the app is to inquire about the valence, control and functionality of users' emotions.
Sponsors
The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
Babes-Bolyai University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* to a first year student enorlled in Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca * internet and PC access to complete the scales and game * high level of distress based on PDa scores
Exclusion criteria
* no internet or PC access
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Levels of emotional distress | 6 months follow-up | Distress and positive emotions: Profile of Affective Distress Plus; PED Opris & Macavei, 2007 is a self-report scale that measure distress. It had 42 items rated on a 5 point Liker scale ranging from not al all to a lot and grater scores represent grated level of distress. |
| Levels of emotion regulation | 6 months follow-up | Emotion regulation abilities will be measured using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ39), which is composed of 10 items, rated on a 7-point Likert scale, from 0 - strongly disagree to 7 - strongly agree. The scale has two subscales: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression emotional regulation strategies. The two subscales had Cronbach's Alphas of .85, respectively .76, similar to those reported in previous studies40. |
| Emotional Distress | Pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | Distress and positive emotions: Profile of Affective Distress Plus; PED Opris & Macavei, 2007 is a self-report scale that measure distress. It had 42 items rated on a 5 point Liker scale ranging from not al all to a lot and grater scores represent grated level of distress. |
| Changes in emotional distress | Post-intervention (one week after the intervention) | Distress and positive emotions: Profile of Affective Distress Plus; PED Opris & Macavei, 2007 is a self-report scale that measure distress. It had 42 items rated on a 5 point Liker scale ranging from not al all to a lot and grater scores represent grated level of distress. |
| Emotion regulation | baseline, pre-intervention | Emotion regulation abilities will be measured using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), which is composed of 10 items, rated on a 7-point Likert scale, from 0 - strongly disagree to 7 - strongly agree. The scale has two subscales: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression emotional regulation strategies. The two subscales had Cronbach's Alphas of .85, respectively .76, similar to those reported in previous studies40. |
| Changes in emotion regulation | Post-intervention (one week after the intervention) | Emotion regulation abilities will be measured using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ39), which is composed of 10 items, rated on a 7-point Likert scale, from 0 - strongly disagree to 7 - strongly agree. The scale has two subscales: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression emotional regulation strategies. The two subscales had Cronbach's Alphas of .85, respectively .76, similar to those reported in previous studies40. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in mood disorders | Post-intervention (one week after the intervention) | The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS; Parkitny & McAuley, 2010) is a 24 items scale that has three sub scales each measuring a specific problem: depression, anxiety and stress.A higher score at each subscale represents higher levels of depression, anxiety or stress. |
| Trauma | baseline, pre-intervention | Childhood Trauma Screener is a scale composed of five items, measuring different traumatic events. It has five items and each item represent a category of trauma. Higher scores represent higher/worse trauma level. |
| Mood disorders | baseline, pre-intervention | The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS; Parkitny & McAuley, 2010) is a 24 items scale that has three sub scales each measuring a specific problem: depression, anxiety and stress.A higher score at each subscale represents higher levels of depression, anxiety or stress. |
Countries
Romania
Outcome results
None listed