The Effect of Emotion Regulation Training on Anxiety, in College Students in Egypt
- Conditions
- AnxietyEmotion Regulation
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Emotion Regulation training based on DBT
- Registration Number
- NCT04932369
- Lead Sponsor
- British University In Egypt
- Brief Summary
The important role of Emotion Regulation (ER) in managing stress and anxiety is well recognized. Aims: 1) assessing the level of anxiety, and the level of difficulties in emotion regulation (DER) among University Students during COVID-19, 2) investigating the effect of the emotional regulation training program on the anxiety of University Students during the COVID-19. Methods: Part I, students will be assessed for their anxiety, DER, and the general impact of COVID-19 on their lives. The students will complete Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). Part II will be a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) using a pre-assessment and a post-assessment. A voluntary sample of students will randomly assigned to either a group that will receive emotion regulation training or a control group. The training program is an adapted version of DBT skills training. The training program will include mindfulness, emotion regulation, and problem-solving skills through eight 90- min group sessions.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
- Being an active student at the University
- Receiving treatment at the hospital during the time that the study was in progress
- Having been diagnosed with psychotic disorders
- Having mental retardation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description ER GROUP Emotion Regulation training based on DBT The training sessions were based on the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills (Linehan, 2015). Each group received eight 90-min sessions of the emotion regulation training (one session per week) carried out by qualified clinical psychologist. The training includes group gathering, homework and telephone consultation as needed.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in anxiety from Baseline to the completion of training three months later using Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) 3 months. Assessments of anxiety will be collected from all students two times, three months apart Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI): was developed by Dr. Aaron T. Beck and it is a brief measure of anxiety with a focus on somatic symptoms of anxiety such as nervousness, dizziness, inability to relax (Beck et al., 1988). It has a total of 21 items that takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Answers are on a 4-point Likert scale and range from 0 (not at all) to 3 (severely). The values for each item are added together to get an overall or total score for all 21 symptoms that can vary from 0 to 63 points. A total score of 0 - 7 indicates "Minimal" anxiety; 8 - 15 indicates "Mild" anxiety; 16 -25 indicates "Moderate" anxiety; and 26 - 63 indicates "Severe" anxiety
Change in difficulties in emotion regulation from Baseline to the completion of training three months later using Emotion regulation difficulties Scale 3 months. Assessments of DER will be collected from all students two times, three months apart The DERS is a 36-item self-reported questionnaire that assesses an individual's ability to regulate their emotions (Gratz \& Roemer, 2004). Participants rate items on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = seldom to 5 = nearly frequently) to represent their self-perceived reactions to stressful emotional situations. The DERS produces an overall difficulty score in ER as well as six subscales: (a) Awareness, (b) Clarity, (c) Nonacceptance, (d) Impulsivity, (e) Goals, and (f) Strategies. Subscales are evaluated in such a way that higher values imply more difficulty.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
The British university in Egypt
🇪🇬Cairo, Egypt