An Integrative Intervention for Preventing Children's Emotional Disorders
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Emotional Problem
- Sponsor
- Oana David
- Enrollment
- 294
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Child emotion regulation
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The general objective of the study is to test an online platform for the prevention of emotional disorders in children aged 8-12 without any clinical symptoms.
Detailed Description
The general objective of the study is to test an online platform for the prevention of emotional disorders in children aged 8-12 without any clinical symptoms. The game will be used by children and adolescents for a period of four weeks. Pre-test and post-test measurements will be taken.
Investigators
Oana David
Professor Ph.D
Babes-Bolyai University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •children aged 8 to 12 years
- •parental consent provided
- •al least one answer different than never true on the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire - Short Form (CTQ-SF; Bernstein \& Fink, 1998; Bernstein et al., 2003), measuring dichotomically the presence of Emotional Neglect, Physical Neglect, Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse
Exclusion Criteria
- •intellectual disability or physical limitations precluding the use of the online platform presence of a mental health disorder in the children or their enrolled parent
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Child emotion regulation
Time Frame: baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention)
The Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA; Biesecker \& Easterbrooks, 2001). The 13 items are measured on a five-point Likert scale, from 0 "strong disagreement" to 5"strong agreement" where higher scores represent better emotional regulation abilitie
Changes in children emotional regulation
Time Frame: post-test, one week after the intervention
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.
child emotional simptoms
Time Frame: baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention)
SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire "Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998)
Changes in child emotional simptoms
Time Frame: post-test, one week after the intervention
SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998)
Changes in child emotion regulation
Time Frame: post-test, one week after the intervention
The Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA; Biesecker \& Easterbrooks, 2001). The 13 items are measured on a five-point Likert scale, from 0 "strong disagreement" to 5"strong agreement" where higher scores represent better emotional regulation abilities.
Children emotional regulation
Time Frame: baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention)
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.
Secondary Outcomes
- child behavioral difficulties(baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention))
- Changes child mental health(post-test, one week after the intervention)
- Children's irrational beliefs(baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention))
- changes in Children's irrational beliefs(post-test, one week after the intervention)
- Mental health(baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention))