Testing the REThinkACADEMY Interventions in Prevention of Emotional Disorders in College Students.
- Conditions
- StressEmotion Regulation
- Registration Number
- NCT06085872
- Lead Sponsor
- Babes-Bolyai University
- Brief Summary
Entry in the REThinkACADEMY trial will be based on the high distress range on a psychological validate instrument to assess stress. After participants are enrolled in the REThinkACADEMY trial and randomized, those in the experimental condition ill access a ecological momentary intervention (EMI) app for the prevention of emotional disorders for 4 weeks. In the second stage, for the non-responders to the ecological supportive intervention, the online game will be implemented while the rest of the groups will be monitored for another 4 weeks. At the next step, post-test outcomes assessment will be implemented. Long term assessments will be conducted at 6 months for the college student's naturalistic follow-up phase.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 327
- to a first year student enorlled in Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
- internet and PC access to complete the scales and game
- high level of distress based on PDa scores
- no internet or PC access
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SEQUENTIAL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in emotional distress Post-intervention (one week after the intervention) Distress and positive emotions: Profile of Affective Distress Plus; PED Opris \& Macavei, 2007 is a self-report scale that measure distress. It had 42 items rated on a 5 point Liker scale ranging from "not al all" to "a lot" and grater scores represent grated level of distress.
Emotion regulation baseline, pre-intervention Emotion regulation abilities will be measured using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), which is composed of 10 items, rated on a 7-point Likert scale, from 0 - strongly disagree to 7 - strongly agree. The scale has two subscales: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression emotional regulation strategies. The two subscales had Cronbach's Alphas of .85, respectively .76, similar to those reported in previous studies40.
Levels of emotion regulation 6 months follow-up Emotion regulation abilities will be measured using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ39), which is composed of 10 items, rated on a 7-point Likert scale, from 0 - strongly disagree to 7 - strongly agree. The scale has two subscales: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression emotional regulation strategies. The two subscales had Cronbach's Alphas of .85, respectively .76, similar to those reported in previous studies40.
Emotional Distress Pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) Distress and positive emotions: Profile of Affective Distress Plus; PED Opris \& Macavei, 2007 is a self-report scale that measure distress. It had 42 items rated on a 5 point Liker scale ranging from "not al all" to "a lot" and grater scores represent grated level of distress.
Levels of emotional distress 6 months follow-up Distress and positive emotions: Profile of Affective Distress Plus; PED Opris \& Macavei, 2007 is a self-report scale that measure distress. It had 42 items rated on a 5 point Liker scale ranging from "not al all" to "a lot" and grater scores represent grated level of distress.
Changes in emotion regulation Post-intervention (one week after the intervention) Emotion regulation abilities will be measured using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ39), which is composed of 10 items, rated on a 7-point Likert scale, from 0 - strongly disagree to 7 - strongly agree. The scale has two subscales: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression emotional regulation strategies. The two subscales had Cronbach's Alphas of .85, respectively .76, similar to those reported in previous studies40.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in mood disorders Post-intervention (one week after the intervention) The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS; Parkitny \& McAuley, 2010) is a 24 items scale that has three sub scales each measuring a specific problem: depression, anxiety and stress.A higher score at each subscale represents higher levels of depression, anxiety or stress.
Trauma baseline, pre-intervention Childhood Trauma Screener is a scale composed of five items, measuring different traumatic events. It has five items and each item represent a category of trauma. Higher scores represent higher/worse trauma level.
Mood disorders baseline, pre-intervention The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS; Parkitny \& McAuley, 2010) is a 24 items scale that has three sub scales each measuring a specific problem: depression, anxiety and stress.A higher score at each subscale represents higher levels of depression, anxiety or stress.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Babes-Bolyai University
🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Babes-Bolyai University🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania