Skills Video Intervention for Chinese/Chinese Americans

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Emotion Regulation; Acceptability of Health Care; Self Efficacy

• Registration Number: NCT06024083
• Lead Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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.

Detailed Description

We are interested in seeing whether a brief video-based Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training intervention that incorporates Western psychotherapy components and Eastern philosophies would be perceived as relevant and useful for this culturally unique yet diverse group. During the study, participants will (1) complete a 20-min online baseline questionnaire; (2) complete a brief survey each day using a phone App for up to four weeks; and may (3) receive a video each day during the intervention.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-08-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-09-03
• Study First Posted: 2023-09-05
• Study Start: 2023-09-18
• Primary Completion: 2024-05-18
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-07
• Study Completion: 2025-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 91

Inclusion Criteria

• 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

Exclusion Criteria

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability/usability of intervention measured by a combination of Likert-scale and open-ended questions	daily following the delivery of each video for up to 2 weeks	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
Emotion regulation measured by a combination of questions	daily for up to 4 weeks	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)
General self efficacy measured by Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System General Self-Efficacy Short-form 4a	daily for up to 4 weeks	A 4-item measure of the ability to successfully perform specific tasks and behaviors rated using a 5-point Likert scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rutgers University; 🇺🇸 Piscataway, New Jersey, United States