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

British University In Egypt

Status: Completed

Conditions: Emotion Regulation; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Emotion Regulation training based on DBT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04932369

CL-2008

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being an active student at the University

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

ER GROUP

Experimental group

Description:

The training sessions were based on the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills (Linehan, 2015). Each group received eight 90-min sessions of the emotion regulation training (one session per week) carried out by qualified clinical psychologist. The training includes group gathering, homework and telephone consultation as needed.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Emotion Regulation training based on DBT

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

They completed two assessments, 3-months apart