Intervention in a Small-scale Study of Game Based Cognitive Change Skills

NCT05424601 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: RETthinkEMOTIONS3
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 165
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This activity will have the objectives of preliminary testing user satisfaction, the feasibility of the platform and its preliminary efficacy

Conditions

Emotion Regulation

Keywords

online therapeutic game; emotional problems; emotional regulation; children and adolescents

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Levels of rational and irrational beliefs

  The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality (CASI, Bernard \& Cronan, 1999) will be used in order to test irrational/rational beliefs as a mechanism of change. Children and adolescents were asked to express their agreement/disagreement with the 28 statements on a 5-point Likert-type scale, from 1 ("strong disagreement") to 5 ("strong agreement")

  Baseline

• Changes in levels of rational and irrational beliefs

  The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality (CASI, Bernard \& Cronan, 1999) will be used in order to test irrational/rational beliefs as a mechanism of change. Children and adolescents were asked to express their agreement/disagreement with the 28 statements on a 5-point Likert-type scale, from 1 ("strong disagreement") to 5 ("strong agreement")

  Post-intervention (one week after the intervention)

• Emotion regulation abilities

  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.

  Baseline

• Changes in emotion regulation abilities

  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.

  Post-intervention (one week after the intervention)

Study Arms (3)

Rethink game plus PsyPills

EXPERIMENTAL

Rethink game followed by PsyPills

Behavioral: Rethink game; Behavioral: PsyPills

Rethink Game

EXPERIMENTAL

Rethink game only

Behavioral: Rethink game

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Control group

Interventions

Rethink game BEHAVIORAL

REThink is a online therapeutic game developed by David and collaborators (2018), proved to be an efficient intervention to reduce emotional symptoms of children and adolescents.

Rethink Game; Rethink game plus PsyPills

PsyPills BEHAVIORAL

PsyPills is a mobile app designed to provide personalized psychological pills

Rethink game plus PsyPills

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 16 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• children and adolescents between 10 and 16 years old
• provided written parental consent
• able to access mobile/internet applications on their device

You may not qualify if:

• Intellectual disability or physical limitations precluded the use of the computer program
• Had a major mental health disorder

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Babes-Bolyai University: lead
• The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Babes-Bolyai University

Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emotional Regulation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Self-Control; Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor Ph.D of Clinical Psychology

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 15, 2022
• First Posted: June 21, 2022
• Study Start: June 10, 2022
• Primary Completion: September 5, 2022
• Study Completion: September 7, 2022
• Last Updated: December 4, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

RO (1)