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NCT Number: NCT06529510

REThinkWELL- the Use of Therapeutic Game to Reduce Mental Health Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

To test the effect of a game-based intervention in reducing clinical and subclinical symptoms of children and adolescents.

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Key information

Conditions

Emotional Problem Behavior Mental Health Issue Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being

Age range

8 year–16 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Babes-Bolyai University

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • children and adolescents aged 8 to 16 years
  • subclinical level on the SDQ measure, total score, or emotional symptoms
  • parental consent provided

Exclusion criteria

  • intellectual disability or physical limitations precluding the use of the online game
  • does not have parental informed consent

Treatment and study plan

REThink therpeutic game

Behavioral

REThink is an online therapeutic game aimed at enhancing the emotional health of young people, grounded in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). The game features a character named RETMAN, who guides players through seven levels, each focused on teaching a specific emotional regulation skill. Each level has three sub-levels that progressively increase in difficulty. REThink can be used as a standalone intervention, an adjunct to self-help psychotherapeutic approaches, or for targeted skills training.

Primary outcomes

  1. Mental health

    Time frame: 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.

  2. Changes in mental health

    Time frame: 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.

  3. Irrationality

    Time frame: 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.

  4. Changes in irrationality

    Time frame: 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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Babes-Bolyai University

Other

Collaborators

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

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Jul 31, 2024
Registry last updated
Jul 31, 2024

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