Testing the Efficacy of REThink Main Game-based ER Strategies on the Stress Reactivity
- Conditions
- Emotion Regulation
- Interventions
- Other: REThink Game
- Registration Number
- NCT05257642
- Lead Sponsor
- Babes-Bolyai University
- Brief Summary
This activity will aim to test the comparative efficacy of the main game-based emotion-regulation abilities training of the REThink online game: cognitive change, biofeedback and problem-solving in reducing stress reactivity of the children and adolescents
- Detailed Description
Children included in this study (aged 8-16 years, G\*Power estimated N=98) will be allocated to one of the three experimental conditions (cognitive change, biofeedback and problem-solving game based training based on the REThink online game levels), or no intervention Control condition. All children will be exposed afterwards to psychosocial stress in the form of peer rejection "ball toss" task. It will be measure both game-based skills outcomes, and EMA stress reactivity outcomes.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 146
children and adolescents between 8 and 16 years provided written parental consent
Intellectual disability or physical limitations precluded the use of the computer program
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Cognitive Change Groups REThink Game The participants in this group will complete the pre-test measurements, then they will receive a level of the REThink Game that focuses on cognitive change. After playing the game they will receive an experimental task Cyberball and complete the post-test measurements. Mindfulness Groups REThink Game The participants in this group will complete the pre-test measurements, then they will receive a level of the REThink Game that focuses on mindfulness and relaxation. After playing the game they will receive an experimental task Cyberball and complete the post-test measurements Positive bias Group REThink Game The participants in this group will complete the pre-test measurements, then they will receive a level of the REThink Game that focuses on problem-solving. After playing the game they will receive an experimental task Cyberball and complete the post-test measurements
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Levels of rational and irrational beliefs Pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality (CASI, Bernard \& Cronan, 1999) will be used in order to test irrational/rational beliefs as a mechanism of change. Children and adolescents were asked to express their agreement/disagreement with the 28 statements on a 5-point Likert-type scale, from 1 ("strong disagreement") to 5 ("strong agreement")
Changes in rational and irrational beliefs Post-intervention (one week afterthe intervention) The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality (CASI, Bernard \& Cronan, 1999) will be used in order to test irrational/rational beliefs as a mechanism of change. Children and adolescents were asked to express their agreement/disagreement with the 28 statements on a 5-point Likert-type scale, from 1 ("strong disagreement") to 5 ("strong agreement")
Levels of emotion-regulation Pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) The Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA; Biesecker \& Easterbrooks, 2001). It is a 13-item on a five-point Likert scale, from 0 "strong disagreement" to 5"strong agreement" where higher scores represent better emotional regulation abilities,
Levels of mindfulness Pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) The Mindfulness Awarness Attention Scale - Child version (MAAS-C, Lawlor, Reichl \& Zumbo, 2014) is a 15-items questionnaire rated on a 6 points Likert scale from "almost never" to "almost every time" where higher scores means higher mindfulness.
Changes in levels of mindfulness Post-intervention (one week afterthe intervention) The Mindfulness Awarness Attention Scale - Child version (MAAS-C, Lawlor, Reichl \& Zumbo, 2014) is a 15-items questionnaire rated on a 6 points Likert scale from "almost never" to "almost every time" where higher scores means higher mindfulness.
Levels of well-being Pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) WHO-5 Well-being Index
Changes in levels of well-being Post-intervention (one week afterthe intervention) WHO-5 Well-being Index
Changes in levels of emotion-regulation Post-intervention (one week afterthe intervention) The Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA; Biesecker \& Easterbrooks, 2001). It is a 13-item on a five-point Likert scale, from 0 "strong disagreement" to 5"strong agreement" where higher scores represent better emotional regulation abilities,
Level of distress Pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) Measured with Profile of Emotional Distress
Changes in level of distress Post-intervention (one week afterthe intervention) Measured with Profile of Emotional Distress
Children Emotional Abilities 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.
Changes in children Emotional Abilities Post-intervention (one week afterthe 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 Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Babes-Bolyai University
🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania