Evaluating the Efficacy of a 60-day Emotion Regulation Journal

NCT05738122 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 22-0469
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Participants randomized to the intervention group will receive a physical copy of the 60-day emotion regulation journal during the baseline meeting. Participants will also be introduced the purpose of the journal and its intended usage (i.e., daily journaling). Intervention participants will not be offered guidance or feedback on the journal after these initial instructions, in order to emulate an ad libitum usage. Control group participants will not receive any contact with the researchers outside of the planned questionnaires and to receive their journal at the two-month timepoint.

Conditions

Mental Health; Emotional Regulation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Participant Emotion Regulation

  Change in participants' emotion regulation abilities and habits assessed using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire.

  2 weeks, 1-month, 2-months, 60 day exit interview, 90 days follow up

• Participant Emotion Regulation

  Change in participants' emotion regulation abilities and habits assessed using the using the Difficulties in Emotional Regulation.

  2 weeks, 1-month, 2-months, 60 day exit interview, 90 days follow up

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Adherence

  2 weeks, 1-month, 2-months

• Experience using journal

  60 days

• Demographics

  Baseline

• Mental Health

  2 weeks, 1-month, 2-months, and 3-month follow up for intervention group

• Subjective Well-Being

  2 weeks, 1-month, 2-months, and 3-month follow up for intervention group

Study Arms (2)

Intervention (Journal Group)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the Intervention group are provided with the 60-day self-guided emotion regulation journals upon enrolment in the study. These participants complete surveys at 2 weeks, 1 month, and 2 months. After the 60-day period, these participants also complete an exit interview and a follow-up survey.

Other: 60-Day self-guided Emotion Regulation Journal

Control (Waitlist Group)

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in the Waitlist group complete a 2-week, 1-month and 2-month survey. After the 60-day period, they receive access to the 60-day self-guided emotion regulation journal for their own use.

Interventions

60-Day self-guided Emotion Regulation Journal OTHER

A 60-day self guided journal with activities designed to be completed daily to improve an individual's emotion regulation abilities and habits

Intervention (Journal Group)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• (1) being 18+ years old (2) being fluent in English, (3) currently living in the Greater Victoria area, (4) self-reporting no previously diagnosed mental illness or psychiatric conditions, and (5) scoring a mean of \<4.6 on the Cognitive Reappraisal, and mean of \>3.14 on the Expressive Suppression subscales of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (based on previous mean data)

You may not qualify if:

• Scoring a mean of ≥4.6 on the Cognitive Reappraisal or a mean of ≤3.14 on the Expressive Suppression subscales of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, currently receiving or seeking therapy for a mental illness, a current or previous diagnosis of mental illness, or self-identifying as neurodivergent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Victoria: lead
• Switch Research: collaborator
• Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Behavioural Medicine Lab - University of Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia, V8P 5C2, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being; Emotional Regulation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior; Self-Control; Social Behavior

Study Officials

• Ryan E Rhodes, PhD

  University of Victoria

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 3, 2023
• First Posted: February 21, 2023
• Study Start: January 18, 2023
• Primary Completion: November 11, 2023
• Study Completion: November 11, 2023
• Last Updated: April 8, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)