ERFs Game-based Assessment in AYAs: Validation of Game-based Assessment of Emotion Regulation Abilities

NCT06954051 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: REThinkRESILIENT
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 230
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This activity will have the objective of establishing the validity of in-game emotion regulation abilities assessment for adolescents and young adults.

Conditions

Emotion Regulation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Emotion regulation

  The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-short) is an 18-item scale assessing nine different emotion regulation strategies, namely Self-blame, Other-blame, Rumination, Catastrophizing, Positive refocusing, Planning, Positive reappraisal, Putting into perspective and Acceptance. Children and adolescents were asked to express the frequency of using each strategy on a 5-point Likert-type scale, from 1 ("almost never") to 5 ("almost always"). Higher scores on adaptive strategies (e.g., positive reappraisal, refocus on planning, positive refocusing, putting into perspective, acceptance) are equivalent to a better outcome (more adaptive coping). Higher scores on maladaptive strategies (e.g., rumination, catastrophizing, self-blame, other-blame) are equivalent to worse outcomes (less adaptive coping).

  Baseline

• Behavioral difficulties

  The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a brief behavioural screening questionnaire for children aged 2 to 17 years old, encompassing emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. Total difficulties score: Sum of all subscales except Prosocial → Range: 0 to 40. Prosocial score is reported separately → Range: 0 to 10. Higher scores on total difficulties and the four problem subscales are equivalent to worse outcomes. Higher scores on the prosocial subscale are equivalent to better outcomes.

  Baseline

• Stress

  The Adolescent Stress Scale (ADOSS) will be used to capture students' level of stress in the following domains: personal, academic, family, and social. Total score ranges from 20 to 100, with higher scores indicating higher levels of stress.

  Baseline

Study Arms (1)

REThink Life

OTHER

The participants will complete the scale measurements after receiving the four levels of the REThink Life game, each focusing on an emotion regulation skill and an associated assessment system.

Other: REThink Life

Interventions

REThink Life OTHER

REThink Life is a therapeutic game developed by David and collaborators (2019) and it is composed of four levels, each training a different emotion regulation ability (emotion recognition, mindfulness, distinguishing between rational and irrational thoughts, and positive attention bias).

REThink Life

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• adolescents and young adults with between 10 and 24 years old provided with written parental consent where applicable

You may not qualify if:

• intellectual disability or physical limitations precluded the use of the computer program

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, 400015, Romania

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emotional Regulation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Self-Control; Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Oana A. David, Ph.D

  Babes-Bolyai University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 24, 2025
• First Posted: May 1, 2025
• Study Start: February 15, 2025
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2025
• Study Completion: June 30, 2025
• Last Updated: August 28, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

RO (1)