REThinkWELL- the Use of Therapeutic Game to Reduce Mental Health Symptoms in Children and Adolescents
- Conditions
- Emotional ProblemMental Health Issue
- Interventions
- Behavioral: REThink therpeutic game
- Registration Number
- NCT06529510
- Lead Sponsor
- Babes-Bolyai University
- Brief Summary
To test the effect of a game-based intervention in reducing clinical and subclinical symptoms of children and adolescents.
- Detailed Description
The general objective of the study is to test the REThink therapeutic game for improvements in clinical and subclinical mental health symptoms in children and adolescents aged 8-16 years old from multiple schools and counties. The game will be used by children and adolescents from the experimental group for a period of four weeks. Pre-test and post-test measurements will be taken.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 279
- children and adolescents aged 8 to 16 years
- subclinical level on the SDQ measure, total score, or emotional symptoms
- parental consent provided
- intellectual disability or physical limitations precluding the use of the online game
- does not have parental informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description REThink game REThink therpeutic game Participants in this group will have access to the REThink therapeutic game for four weeks
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mental health baseline assessment, one week prior to the intervention Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1997). The scale has 25-items within its five subscales, namely emotional symptoms (ES), conduct problems (CP), hyperactivity/inattention (HY), peer relationship (PR) problems and prosocial behavior (PS) and total mental health difficulties score (MHD). The items are rated on a 3-point Likert scale, from 0 (not true) to 2 (certainly true). The minimum score is 0 and the maximum is 40. Higher scores represent higher level of mental health difficulties.
Irrationality baseline assessment, one week prior to 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"). The minimum score is 28 and the maximum score is 140. Higher scores represent higher levels of irrationality.
Changes in irrationality post-test assessment, one week after 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"). Higher scores represent higher levels of irrationality.
Changes in mental health post-test assessment, one week after the intervention Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1997). The scale has 25-items within its five subscales, namely emotional symptoms (ES), conduct problems (CP), hyperactivity/inattention (HY), peer relationship (PR) problems and prosocial behavior (PS) and total mental health difficulties score (MHD). The items are rated on a 3-point Likert scale, from 0 (not true) to 2 (certainly true). The minimum score is 0 and the maximum is 40. Higher scores represent higher level of mental health difficulties.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Babes-Bolyai University
🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania