The Effect of Emotion Regulation Training on Anxiety, in College Students in Egypt

The important role of Emotion Regulation (ER) in managing stress and anxiety is well recognized. Aims: 1) assessing the level of anxiety, and the level of difficulties in emotion regulation (DER) among University Students during COVID-19, 2) investigating the effect of the emotional regulation training program on the anxiety of University Students during the COVID-19. Methods: Part I, students will be assessed for their anxiety, DER, and the general impact of COVID-19 on their lives. The students will complete Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). Part II will be a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) using a pre-assessment and a post-assessment. A voluntary sample of students will randomly assigned to either a group that will receive emotion regulation training or a control group. The training program is an adapted version of DBT skills training. The training program will include mindfulness, emotion regulation, and problem-solving skills through eight 90- min group sessions.

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Behavior COVID-19 Coronaviridae Infections Coronavirus Infections Emotion Regulation Emotional Regulation Infections Lung Diseases Mental Disorders Nidovirales Infections Pneumonia Pneumonia, Viral RNA Virus Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Self-Control Social Behavior Virus Diseases

Age range

15 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

The British university in Egypt

Cairo, 11837, Egypt

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Being an active student at the University

Exclusion criteria

Receiving treatment at the hospital during the time that the study was in progress
Having been diagnosed with psychotic disorders
Having mental retardation

Treatment and study plan

Emotion Regulation training based on DBT

Behavioral

trained about emotion regulation and problem solving during eight 90-min group sessions

Primary outcomes

Change in anxiety from Baseline to the completion of training three months later using Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Time frame: 3 months. Assessments of anxiety will be collected from all students two times, three months apart

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI): was developed by Dr. Aaron T. Beck and it is a brief measure of anxiety with a focus on somatic symptoms of anxiety such as nervousness, dizziness, inability to relax (Beck et al., 1988). It has a total of 21 items that takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Answers are on a 4-point Likert scale and range from 0 (not at all) to 3 (severely). The values for each item are added together to get an overall or total score for all 21 symptoms that can vary from 0 to 63 points. A total score of 0 - 7 indicates "Minimal" anxiety; 8 - 15 indicates "Mild" anxiety; 16 -25 indicates "Moderate" anxiety; and 26 - 63 indicates "Severe" anxiety
Change in difficulties in emotion regulation from Baseline to the completion of training three months later using Emotion regulation difficulties Scale

Time frame: 3 months. Assessments of DER will be collected from all students two times, three months apart

The DERS is a 36-item self-reported questionnaire that assesses an individual's ability to regulate their emotions (Gratz & Roemer, 2004). Participants rate items on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = seldom to 5 = nearly frequently) to represent their self-perceived reactions to stressful emotional situations. The DERS produces an overall difficulty score in ER as well as six subscales: (a) Awareness, (b) Clarity, (c) Nonacceptance, (d) Impulsivity, (e) Goals, and (f) Strategies. Subscales are evaluated in such a way that higher values imply more difficulty.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

British University In Egypt

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Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Emotion Regulation Training on Anxiety, in College Students in Egypt During COVID-19

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2022
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Jun 21, 2021
Registry last updated: Jul 11, 2022

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