The general objective of the study is to test an online platform for the promotion of emotional health in children
The project aims at implementing an integrated online therapeutic platform that will be accessed by youth, parents and clinicians. The main original feature is the integration of state of the art online/mobile and gaming technologies into a unique platform that allows easy access to personalized, accessible and validated prevention. The platform aims to allow access to attractive, easily accessible and evidence-based prevention for youths. The system will be validated in the second step as an integrative, multi-componential and adaptive platform for the prevention of emotional disorders in youth. The platform includes tools that were separately tested in laboratory conditions and found to be effective: the REThink therapeutic video game and the online REThink Parenting and Rational Parent Coach mobile programs.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
256
REThink is a online therapeutic game developed by David and collaborators (2018), proved to be an efficient intervention for the reduction of emotional symptoms in children and adolescents.
The online parenting intervention consists of a newly developed parenting program, including rational emotive behavioral therapy and schema therapy principles
Oana David
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Children's emotional symptoms
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 The DSM-derived affective and anxiety scales and the anxious/depressed and withdrawn/depressed syndrome scales, respectively, will be used to assess emotional symptoms.
Time frame: baseline
Changes in children's emotional symptoms - immediately
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 The DSM-derived affective and anxiety scales and the anxious/depressed and withdrawn/depressed syndrome scales, respectively, will be used to assess emotional symptoms.
Time frame: immediately post first-stage intervention (4 weeks following baseline)
Child irrationality
The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality "Bernard ME, Cronan F (1999) The child and adolescent scale of irrationality: validation data and mental health correlates. J Cogn Psychother 13:121-132"
Time frame: baseline
Child trauma
CTQ - Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Bernstein, D. P., Stein, J. A., Newcomb, M. D., Walker, E., Pogge, D., Ahluvalia, T., ... \& Zule, W. (2003). Development and validation of a brief screening version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Child abuse \& neglect, 27(2), 169-190.
Time frame: baseline
Child behavioral difficulties
SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire "Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) The strengths and difficulties questionnaire: "a pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 7:125-130"
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Time frame: baseline
Changes in child irrationality
The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality "Bernard ME, Cronan F (1999) The child and adolescent scale of irrationality: validation data and mental health correlates. J Cogn Psychother 13:121-132"
Time frame: immediately post first-stage intervention (4 weeks following baseline)
Changes in child behavioral difficulties
SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire "Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) The strengths and difficulties questionnaire: "a pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 7:125-130"
Time frame: immediately post first-stage intervention (4 weeks following baseline)
Changes in children emotional abilities
The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire - Short (Garnefski \& Kraaij, 2006) is an 18-item self-report scale that measures a total of nine different cognitive coping strategies, each addressed by two items.
Time frame: immediately post first-stage intervention (4 weeks following baseline)