Assessment of Emotion-regulation Skills in Game-based Situations

September 6, 2022 updated by: Oana David, Babes-Bolyai University

The Validity of In-game Performance Measurements or Scores as Indicators of Children's Emotional Regulation Abilities

The aim of the study is to investigate the validity of in-game scores as indicators for emotional regulation abilities in children and adolescence.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

110

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Romania
    • Cluj
      • Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania, 400540
        • Babes-Bolyai University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

6 years to 10 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • children and adolescents between 10 and 14 years
  • provided written parental consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Intellectual disability or physical limitations precluded the use of the computer program
  • Had a major mental health disorder

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Screening
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Online therapeutic game
Participants in this group will have access to the evaluation module of the REThink game.
Other: REThink therapeutic game
REThink is a online therapeutic game developed by David and collaborators (2018), proved to be an efficient intervention to reduce emotional symptoms of children and adolescents.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Emotion-regulation
Time Frame: Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)
The Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA; Biesecker & Easterbrooks, 2001). It is a 13-item on a five-point Likert scale, from 0 "strong disagreement" to 5"strong agreement" where higher scores represent better emotional regulation abilities,
Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)
Strengths and difficulties
Time Frame: Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire - child version (SDQ; Goodman, 1997). It is a 25-item on a three-point Liker scale, from 0 "not true" to 2 "certainly true" where lower scores represent an improvement or lack of problems.
Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)
Emotional symptoms
Time Frame: Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)
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.
Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)
Emotion recognition
Time Frame: Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)
The Emotion Awareness Questionnaire (EAQ, Rieffe et al., 2008) is a 32-item questionnaire on a three-point Liker scale, from 0 "not true" to 2 "certainly true".
Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)
Compassion
Time Frame: Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)
Compassion Scale for Children (CSC, Nas & Sak, 2020) is a 20-items scale rated on a five points Likert scale from "Never" to "Always" where higher scores means higher levels of compassion.
Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Babes-Bolyai University

Collaborators

The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 5, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 15, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

January 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 4, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 8, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

March 9, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 7, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 6, 2022

Last Verified

September 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1693/22.02.2021

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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