Skills Video Intervention for Chinese/Chinese Americans

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Video Intervention for Chinese and Chinese American College Students

This is a study that aims to test a coping skills intervention delivered via brief animated videos for Chinese and Chinese American college students.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Self Efficacy; Emotion Regulation; Acceptability of Health Care
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills video intervention

Detailed Description

We are interested in seeing whether a brief video-based Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training intervention that incorporates Western psychotherapy components and Eastern philosophies would be perceived as relevant and useful for this culturally unique yet diverse group. During the study, participants will (1) complete a 20-min online baseline questionnaire; (2) complete a brief survey each day using a phone App for up to four weeks; and may (3) receive a video each day during the intervention.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 150
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Shireen Rizvi, Ph.D; Phone Number: 848-445-3914; Email: slrizvi@gsapp.rutgers.edu
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Qingqing Yin, M.S.; Phone Number: 732-630-8690; Email: qy93@rutgers.edu

Study Locations

• United States
  • New Jersey
    • Piscataway, New Jersey, United States, 08854
      • Recruiting
      • Rutgers University
      • Contact: Shireen Rizvi, PhD; Email: slrizvi@rutgers.edu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 18 or older
• identifying as Chinese or Chinese American
• interested in learning coping skills to regulate emotions
• having a smart-phone compatible with the research mobile phone app
• matriculated at the local University for the current semester

Exclusion Criteria:

• currently receiving routine mental health services
• not able to read or write English
• not able to provide informed consent

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Assessment only; Daily assessment of emotion regulation and self-efficacy variables.
Experimental: Acceptance-oriented skills followed by change-oriented skills; Administration of acceptance-oriented skills videos first followed by change-oriented skills videos.	Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills video intervention; A series of 14 animated videos (9 acceptance-oriented and 5 change-oriented skills videos) available in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
Experimental: Change-oriented skills followed by acceptance-oriented skills; Administration of change-oriented skills videos first followed by acceptance-oriented skills videos.	Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills video intervention; A series of 14 animated videos (9 acceptance-oriented and 5 change-oriented skills videos) available in both English and Mandarin Chinese.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Emotion regulation measured by a combination of questions	A combination of questions on emotional states, context for emotions, how intolerable and distressing emotions are, use of emotion regulation strategies, perceived effectiveness of emotion regulation, and Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Self-efficacy of Managing Emotions Short-form 4a (a 4-item measure of the confidence to manage emotional states rated using a 5-point Likert scale)	daily for up to 4 weeks
General self efficacy measured by Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System General Self-Efficacy Short-form 4a	A 4-item measure of the ability to successfully perform specific tasks and behaviors rated using a 5-point Likert scale	daily for up to 4 weeks
Acceptability/usability of intervention measured by a combination of Likert-scale and open-ended questions	A combination of questions that involve rating the acceptability and usability of skills videos (e.g., "how useful do you think the skills will be") and open-ended questions on cultural relevance	daily following the delivery of each video for up to 2 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Investigators: Study Director: Qingqing Yin, M.S., Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 18, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 8, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 3, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): September 5, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 22, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 20, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Dialectical Behavior Therapy; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Psychotherapy, Brief; Culturally Competent Care
• Other Study ID Numbers: Pro2023001220

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No