Building Emotion Regulation Skills in Young Adults Using an Online Single-Session Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 545
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Emotion Intolerance Beliefs.
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel online single-session intervention (SSI) designed to improve emotion regulation abilities in young adults (ages 18-29). The active intervention condition, titled "Project WAVE," uses mindfulness skills training and an emotion exposure to teach participants how to cope with distressing emotions. Project WAVE will be evaluated in comparison with another online activity that controls for nonspecific aspects of single-session interventions.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
The measures and intervention will be self-administered, so there is no direct interaction between personnel and participants.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 29 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Between the ages of 18 and 29, inclusive
- •Self-report comfort in reading and writing in English
- •Have access to the Internet through computer, laptop, smartphone, etc.
- •Live in the United States or U.S. territories, per IP address
- •Provide an endorsement of either "disagree" or "strongly disagree" on at least one of the following three items adapted from the Nonreactivity subscale of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire: "I was aware of my feelings and emotions without having to react to them"; "I watched my feelings without getting lost in them"; "When I had distressing emotions, I 'stepped back' and was aware of the emotion without getting taken over by it"
- •Commit to providing thoughtful answers to the questions asked
- •Pass the attention check / bot detection question, "Are you taller than 10 feet?" ("yes," "no," or "unsure") in the initial screener survey
排除标准
- •Fail to meet the above-listed inclusion criteria
- •Exit the study prior to condition randomization
- •Fail to pass data integrity measures
研究组 & 干预措施
Project WAVE (Wise Awareness of Visiting Emotions)
The active condition, "Project WAVE," (Wise Awareness of Visiting Emotions) includes 1) an introduction to the program's rationale; 2) psychoeducation about emotion dysregulation, avoidance, and exposure; 3) testimonials from others who describe their experience facing a difficult emotion; 4) an emotion exposure task along with an audio-guided nonreactivity practice; and 5) the creation of a personalized "action plan" usable for continued practice. Project WAVE is designed to take approximately 15-20 minutes.
干预措施: Project WAVE (Wise Awareness of Visiting Emotions) (Behavioral)
Emotionally Neutral Writing Condition
The control condition is self-administered and structurally similar to Project WAVE (e.g., includes peer narratives and contains a similar number of writing activities). It is designed to control for non-specific aspects of supportive online activities. The activity involves an emotionally neutral writing task (journaling about daily life events). This control condition is designed to take approximately 10-15 minutes.
干预措施: Emotionally Neutral Writing Control (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Emotion Intolerance Beliefs.
时间窗: Data will be collected in both conditions at all time points (pre-intervention, immediate post-intervention, and two-week follow-up).
Emotion intolerance beliefs will be measured using the Emotion Avoidance Questionnaire (EAQ) Beliefs subscale, a five-item self-report measure of a participant's beliefs about their inability to tolerate emotions (Taylor et al., 2004). Participants will rate their agreement with each statement reflecting how they feel "right now" on a five-point scale. A higher score indicates greater levels of negative beliefs about their ability to tolerate emotions.
次要结局
- Perceived Intervention Utility(Data will be collected only in Project WAVE and only at immediate post-intervention.)
研究者
Jessica Schleider
Associate Professor
Northwestern University