Feasibility of a Self-Efficacy Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMA) App
- Conditions
- Self Efficacy
- Registration Number
- NCT06140498
- Lead Sponsor
- The New School
- Brief Summary
This "SeApp" study aims to test a self-efficacy Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) in healthy students in the context of COVID-19. EMIs are mostly smartphone-based applications that deliver interventions to people while being engaged in their daily life activities. The app harnesses the power of self-efficacy autobiographical memories (e.g. problem-solving memories, memories of success).
Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMAs) are also incorporated into the study to capture individuals' feelings, affect, and behavior in real time.
- Detailed Description
This "SeApp" study aims to test a self-efficacy Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) in healthy students in the context of COVID-19. EMIs are mostly smartphone-based applications that deliver interventions to people while being engaged in their daily life activities. The app harnesses the power of self-efficacy autobiographical memories (e.g. problem-solving memories, memories of success).
Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMAs) are also incorporated into the study to capture individuals' feelings, affect, and behavior in real time.
Developed by psychologist Dr. Albert Bandura in 1977, the concept of self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in their ability to perform the necessary actions to manage particular situations. Bandura's theory highlights four major components of self-efficacy, including mastery experiences, socialmodeling, social persuasion, and psychological responses. The app tested here focuses on mastery experiences, which are what individuals gain when they take on a challenge and succeed. The app prompts participants in the daily recall of self-efficacy memories. The project aims to test its feasibility and to investigate how daily self-efficacy and motivation can be enhanced and perceived stress reduced by daily memory-based training via smartphone app.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
- Value on Perceived Stress Scale ≥ 13
- Student
- Owner of a smartphone
- Psychiatric history
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method General Self-Efficacy after app completion and 1 month after app completion change in general self-efficacy meeasured using the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE, 10 items rated on a 4-point Likert scale with higher scores indicating greater levels of self-efficacy; min=10, max=40)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depression after app completion and 1 month after app completion change in depression measured using the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BDI-II; 20 true and false items with higher scores indicating greater levels of hopelessness)
Hopelessness after app completion and 1 month after app completion change in hopelessness measured using the BHS
Perceived Stress after app completion and 1 month after app completion change in perceived stress measured using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS; 10 items rated on a 0-4 scale with higher scores indicating greater levels of perceived stress; min=0, max=40)
Intolerance of Uncertainty after app completion and 1 month after app completion change in intolerance of uncertainty measured using the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS; 12 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale with higher scores indicating greater intolerance of uncertainty; min=12, max=60)
State and Trait Anxiety after app completion and 1 month after app completion change in state and trait anxiety measured using the The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI; 40 items rated on a 4-point Likert scale with a commonly used cutoff score of 40 indicating probable clinical levels of anxiety; min=20, max=80 on the subscales)
Positive and Negative Affect positive and negative affect after app completion and 1 month after app completion change in positive and negative affect measured using the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS; 20 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale with 10 items measuring positive affect and 10 items measuring and higher scores indicating greater levels of positive or negative affect; min=10, max=50 on the subscales)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
The New School
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
The New School🇺🇸New York, New York, United States