Testing the REThinkACADEMY Interventions in Prevention of Emotional Disorders in College Students.

NCT ID: NCT06085872

Last Updated: 2025-01-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

327 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-11-20

Study Completion Date

2024-12-25

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Emotion Regulation Stress

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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PsyPills - Experimental

Each recruited student randomized in the experimental group will receive the PsyPills app.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

PsyPills

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

MoodWheel - Monitoring

The students randomized in the control group will complete the MoodWheel app.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

MoodWheel

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

REThink Life Game

Students from experimental group who do not respond to PsyPills alone will play the REThink Life Game

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

REThink Life Game

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Interventions

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REThink Life Game

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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

PsyPills

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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

MoodWheel

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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* to a first year student enorlled in Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
* internet and PC access to complete the scales and game
* high level of distress based on PDa scores

Exclusion Criteria

* no internet or PC access
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Babes-Bolyai University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

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

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Responsible Party

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Oana David

Professor Ph.D of Clinical Psychology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Babes-Bolyai University

Cluj-Napoca, , Romania

Site Status

Countries

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Romania

Other Identifiers

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REThink Academy- SMARTrial

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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