Testing the Efficacy of REThink Main Game-based ER Strategies on the Stress Reactivity

Babes-Bolyai University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Emotion Regulation

Treatments: Other: REThink Game

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05257642

REThinkEMOTIONS

Details and patient eligibility

About

This activity will aim to test the comparative efficacy of the main game-based emotion-regulation abilities training of the REThink online game: cognitive change, biofeedback and problem-solving in reducing stress reactivity of the children and adolescents

Full description

Children included in this study (aged 8-16 years, G*Power estimated N=98) will be allocated to one of the three experimental conditions (cognitive change, biofeedback and problem-solving game based training based on the REThink online game levels), or no intervention Control condition. All children will be exposed afterwards to psychosocial stress in the form of peer rejection "ball toss" task. It will be measure both game-based skills outcomes, and EMA stress reactivity outcomes.

Enrollment: 146 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

children and adolescents between 8 and 16 years provided written parental consent

Exclusion criteria

Intellectual disability or physical limitations precluded the use of the computer program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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146 participants in 4 patient groups

Cognitive Change Groups

Experimental group

Description:

The participants in this group will complete the pre-test measurements, then they will receive a level of the REThink Game that focuses on cognitive change. After playing the game they will receive an experimental task Cyberball and complete the post-test measurements.

Treatment:

Other: REThink Game

Mindfulness Groups

Experimental group

Description:

The participants in this group will complete the pre-test measurements, then they will receive a level of the REThink Game that focuses on mindfulness and relaxation. After playing the game they will receive an experimental task Cyberball and complete the post-test measurements

Treatment:

Other: REThink Game

Positive bias Group

Experimental group

Description:

The participants in this group will complete the pre-test measurements, then they will receive a level of the REThink Game that focuses on problem-solving. After playing the game they will receive an experimental task Cyberball and complete the post-test measurements

Treatment:

Other: REThink Game

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants in this group will complete the pre-test measurements, then they will receive an experimental task Cyberball and complete the post-test measurements