Skills Video Intervention for Chinese/Chinese Americans

Self Efficacy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Video Intervention for Chinese and Chinese American College Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06024083
• Other study ID #: Pro2023001220
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 18, 2023
• Est. completion date: August 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Contact: Shireen Rizvi, Ph.D
• Phone: 848-445-3914
• Email: slrizvi[@]gsapp.rutgers.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a study that aims to test a coping skills intervention delivered via brief animated videos for Chinese and Chinese American college students.

Description:

We are interested in seeing whether a brief video-based Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training intervention that incorporates Western psychotherapy components and Eastern philosophies would be perceived as relevant and useful for this culturally unique yet diverse group. During the study, participants will (1) complete a 20-min online baseline questionnaire; (2) complete a brief survey each day using a phone App for up to four weeks; and may (3) receive a video each day during the intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: August 2024
• Est. primary completion date: June 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 18 or older

• identifying as Chinese or Chinese American

• interested in learning coping skills to regulate emotions

• having a smart-phone compatible with the research mobile phone app

• matriculated at the local University for the current semester

Exclusion Criteria:

• currently receiving routine mental health services

• not able to read or write English

• not able to provide informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acceptability of Health Care
• Emotion Regulation
• Self Efficacy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills video intervention
A series of 14 animated videos (9 acceptance-oriented and 5 change-oriented skills videos) available in both English and Mandarin Chinese.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Rutgers University	Piscataway	New Jersey

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Emotion regulation measured by a combination of questions	A combination of questions on emotional states, context for emotions, how intolerable and distressing emotions are, use of emotion regulation strategies, perceived effectiveness of emotion regulation, and Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Self-efficacy of Managing Emotions Short-form 4a (a 4-item measure of the confidence to manage emotional states rated using a 5-point Likert scale)	daily for up to 4 weeks
Primary	General self efficacy measured by Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System General Self-Efficacy Short-form 4a	A 4-item measure of the ability to successfully perform specific tasks and behaviors rated using a 5-point Likert scale	daily for up to 4 weeks
Primary	Acceptability/usability of intervention measured by a combination of Likert-scale and open-ended questions	A combination of questions that involve rating the acceptability and usability of skills videos (e.g., "how useful do you think the skills will be") and open-ended questions on cultural relevance	daily following the delivery of each video for up to 2 weeks