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NCT Number: NCT04788901

Assessment of Emotion-regulation Skills in Game-based Situations

The aim of the study is to investigate the validity of in-game scores as indicators for emotional regulation abilities in children and adolescence.

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Key information

Conditions

Emotional Problem Behavior Emotional Regulation Self-Control Social Behavior

Age range

10 year–14 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Babes-Bolyai University

Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, 400540, Romania

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • children and adolescents between 10 and 14 years
  • provided written parental consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Intellectual disability or physical limitations precluded the use of the computer program
  • Had a major mental health disorder

Treatment and study plan

REThink therapeutic game

Other

REThink is a online therapeutic game developed by David and collaborators (2018), proved to be an efficient intervention to reduce emotional symptoms of children and adolescents.

Primary outcomes

  1. Emotion-regulation

    Time frame: Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)

    The Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA; Biesecker & Easterbrooks, 2001). It is a 13-item on a five-point Likert scale, from 0 "strong disagreement" to 5"strong agreement" where higher scores represent better emotional regulation abilities,

  2. Strengths and difficulties

    Time frame: Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)

    Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire - child version (SDQ; Goodman, 1997). It is a 25-item on a three-point Liker scale, from 0 "not true" to 2 "certainly true" where lower scores represent an improvement or lack of problems.

  3. Emotional symptoms

    Time frame: Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)

    The Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18 (CBCL; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) is a parent-report of child emotional and behavioral problems. Each item is rated on a 3-point Likert-style scale ranging from 0 (not true) to 2 (very true or often true). The DSM-derived affective and anxiety scales and the anxious/depressed and withdrawn/depressed syndrome scales, respectively, will be used to assess emotional symptoms.

  4. Emotion recognition

    Time frame: Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)

    The Emotion Awareness Questionnaire (EAQ, Rieffe et al., 2008) is a 32-item questionnaire on a three-point Liker scale, from 0 "not true" to 2 "certainly true".

  5. Compassion

    Time frame: Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)

    Compassion Scale for Children (CSC, Nas & Sak, 2020) is a 20-items scale rated on a five points Likert scale from "Never" to "Always" where higher scores means higher levels of compassion.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Babes-Bolyai University

Other

Collaborators

  • The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding

Registry information

Official study title

The Validity of In-game Performance Measurements or Scores as Indicators of Children's Emotional Regulation Abilities

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Mar 9, 2021
Registry last updated
Sep 7, 2022

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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