Guided and Unguided Therapeutic Game to Improve Emotional Abilities of Students

Emotional Stress Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of a Therapeutic Game With or Without Email Coaching in Improving the Emotional Abilities in Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04763954
• Other study ID #: 1396/ 10.02.2021
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 15, 2021
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: May 2021
• Source: Babes-Bolyai University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to investigate the efficiency of a therapeutic online game, with and without coaching, in training emotional abilities of students.

Description:

The study is a randomized control trial with three groups. We will perform measurements before the intervention, after the intervention and at one month follow-up.

Participants will be students and will be randomized into three groups using a randomization program. The first group will be the gaming with coaching group, the second group will bw the gaming without coaching group and the third group will be the control group.

Measurements will be performed before receiving the game, after the intervention and at one month follow-up. We will measure depression, anxiety, stress and well-being as primary outcomes, solution focus orientation as secondary outcome and rational and irrational cognitions as mechanism outcome. All questionnaires will be completed online in a Google Form.

The intervention will consist of the Rethink game. Rethink is a therapeutic game developed and tested to improve emotional abilities in children. Participants in our study will test two levels of Rethink as well as a trial version of the game. Each level of the game is focused on a component:

• Level 1: recognition of emotions

• Level 2: relaxation and mindfulness

• Level 3: rational and irrational cognitions

• Level 4:changing the cognitions

• Level 5: problem-solving

• Level 6: positive emotions

• Level 7: summary of previous aqusitions

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 139
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: March 20, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• being a student in a public or private university from Romania

Exclusion Criteria:

• not being enrolled as a student in a university from Romania

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emotional Stress
• Stress, Psychological

Intervention

Other:
• Rethink therapeutic game
The Rethink therapeutic game is a 7 levels online game developed and tested for children. Each level is based on a specific skill and its efficiency has been previously studies in children.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Romania	Cristinalorint@Psychology.Ro	Cluj-Napoca	Cluj

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Babes-Bolyai University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Romania, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Baseline emotions	Measured with Profile of Emotional Distress	Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)
Primary	Emotions after intervention in a stressful condition	Measured with Profile of Emotional Distress	Post-intervention - before a stressful event (before an exam)
Primary	Changes in time in emotions after intervention	Measured with Profile of Emotional Distress	Post-intervention at one month after the intervention
Secondary	Baseline cognitions	Measured with Attitudinal Beliefs Scale	Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)
Secondary	Cognitions after intervention in stress condition	Measured with Attitudinal Beliefs Scale	Post-intervention - before a stressful event (before an exam)
Secondary	Changes in time in cognitions after intervention	Measured with Attitudinal Beliefs Scale	Post-intervention at one month after the intervention