Entry in the REThinkACADEMY trial will be based on the high distress range on a psychological validate instrument to assess stress. After participants are enrolled in the REThinkACADEMY trial and randomized, those in the experimental condition ill access a ecological momentary intervention (EMI) app for the prevention of emotional disorders for 4 weeks. In the second stage, for the non-responders to the ecological supportive intervention, the online game will be implemented while the rest of the groups will be monitored for another 4 weeks. At the next step, post-test outcomes assessment will be implemented. Long term assessments will be conducted at 6 months for the college student's naturalistic follow-up phase.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
327
REThink Life Game is the therapeutic game that uses psychological science to help youths find their superhero emotional strengths! It is composed of four levels, each training a specific emotion regulation ability: emotion recognition, mindfulness and relaxation, cognitive change and positive bias.
PsyPills is a self-help psycho-educational instrument intended to build stress resilience and to target (only) mild and transient negative mood states, alone or in combination with other methods/instruments. Psychological Pills (PsyPills) are inspired by Rational-Emotive \& Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT/REBT), which has strong evidence for its efficacy/effectiveness in human development/health promotion and in the treatment of a variety of psychological conditions. The PsyPills app was tested in a pilot study and showed positive effects on reducing distress. The efficacy of the app adjunct to other therapeutic tools within the platform in our projects will be tested.
Mood Wheel is a web and mobile-based app that uses experience sampling procedures for the assessment of current/previous distress and positive emotions. The aim of the app is to inquire about the valence, control and functionality of users' emotions.
Babes-Bolyai University
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Emotion regulation
Emotion regulation abilities will be measured using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), which is composed of 10 items, rated on a 7-point Likert scale, from 0 - strongly disagree to 7 - strongly agree. The scale has two subscales: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression emotional regulation strategies. The two subscales had Cronbach's Alphas of .85, respectively .76, similar to those reported in previous studies40.
Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention
Changes in emotion regulation
Emotion regulation abilities will be measured using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ39), which is composed of 10 items, rated on a 7-point Likert scale, from 0 - strongly disagree to 7 - strongly agree. The scale has two subscales: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression emotional regulation strategies. The two subscales had Cronbach's Alphas of .85, respectively .76, similar to those reported in previous studies40.
Time frame: Post-intervention (one week after the intervention)
Levels of emotion regulation
Emotion regulation abilities will be measured using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ39), which is composed of 10 items, rated on a 7-point Likert scale, from 0 - strongly disagree to 7 - strongly agree. The scale has two subscales: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression emotional regulation strategies. The two subscales had Cronbach's Alphas of .85, respectively .76, similar to those reported in previous studies40.
Time frame: 6 months follow-up
Emotional Distress
Distress and positive emotions: Profile of Affective Distress Plus; PED Opris \& Macavei, 2007 is a self-report scale that measure distress. It had 42 items rated on a 5 point Liker scale ranging from "not al all" to "a lot" and grater scores represent grated level of distress.
Time frame: Pre-intervention (one week before the intervention)
Changes in emotional distress
Distress and positive emotions: Profile of Affective Distress Plus; PED Opris \& Macavei, 2007 is a self-report scale that measure distress. It had 42 items rated on a 5 point Liker scale ranging from "not al all" to "a lot" and grater scores represent grated level of distress.
Time frame: Post-intervention (one week after the intervention)
Levels of emotional distress
Distress and positive emotions: Profile of Affective Distress Plus; PED Opris \& Macavei, 2007 is a self-report scale that measure distress. It had 42 items rated on a 5 point Liker scale ranging from "not al all" to "a lot" and grater scores represent grated level of distress.
Time frame: 6 months follow-up
Mood disorders
The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS; Parkitny \& McAuley, 2010) is a 24 items scale that has three sub scales each measuring a specific problem: depression, anxiety and stress.A higher score at each subscale represents higher levels of depression, anxiety or stress.
Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention
Changes in mood disorders
The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS; Parkitny \& McAuley, 2010) is a 24 items scale that has three sub scales each measuring a specific problem: depression, anxiety and stress.A higher score at each subscale represents higher levels of depression, anxiety or stress.
Time frame: Post-intervention (one week after the intervention)
Trauma
Childhood Trauma Screener is a scale composed of five items, measuring different traumatic events. It has five items and each item represent a category of trauma. Higher scores represent higher/worse trauma level.
Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention
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