Skills Video Intervention for Chinese/Chinese Americans

NCT06024083 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Pro2023001220
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 91
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a study that aims to test a coping skills intervention delivered via brief animated videos for Chinese and Chinese American college students.

Conditions

Emotion Regulation; Self Efficacy; Acceptability of Health Care

Keywords

Dialectical Behavior Therapy; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Psychotherapy, Brief; Culturally Competent Care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Emotion regulation measured by a combination of questions

  A combination of questions on emotional states, context for emotions, how intolerable and distressing emotions are, use of emotion regulation strategies, perceived effectiveness of emotion regulation, and Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Self-efficacy of Managing Emotions Short-form 4a (a 4-item measure of the confidence to manage emotional states rated using a 5-point Likert scale)

  daily for up to 4 weeks

• General self efficacy measured by Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System General Self-Efficacy Short-form 4a

  A 4-item measure of the ability to successfully perform specific tasks and behaviors rated using a 5-point Likert scale

  daily for up to 4 weeks

• Acceptability/usability of intervention measured by a combination of Likert-scale and open-ended questions

  A combination of questions that involve rating the acceptability and usability of skills videos (e.g., "how useful do you think the skills will be") and open-ended questions on cultural relevance

  daily following the delivery of each video for up to 2 weeks

Study Arms (3)

Assessment only

NO INTERVENTION

Daily assessment of emotion regulation and self-efficacy variables.

Acceptance-oriented skills followed by change-oriented skills

EXPERIMENTAL

Administration of acceptance-oriented skills videos first followed by change-oriented skills videos.

Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills video intervention

Change-oriented skills followed by acceptance-oriented skills

EXPERIMENTAL

Administration of change-oriented skills videos first followed by acceptance-oriented skills videos.

Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills video intervention

Interventions

Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills video intervention BEHAVIORAL

A series of 14 animated videos (9 acceptance-oriented and 5 change-oriented skills videos) available in both English and Mandarin Chinese.

Acceptance-oriented skills followed by change-oriented skills; Change-oriented skills followed by acceptance-oriented skills

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• age 18 or older
• identifying as Chinese or Chinese American
• interested in learning coping skills to regulate emotions
• having a smart-phone compatible with the research mobile phone app
• matriculated at the local University for the current semester

You may not qualify if:

• currently receiving routine mental health services
• not able to read or write English
• not able to provide informed consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: lead

Study Sites (1)

Rutgers University

Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emotional Regulation; Patient Acceptance of Health Care

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Self-Control; Social Behavior; Behavior; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior

Study Officials

• Qingqing Yin, Ph.D.

  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 8, 2023
• First Posted: September 5, 2023
• Study Start: September 18, 2023
• Primary Completion: May 18, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026
• Last Updated: May 4, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)