FeelSync: Tailoring Ecological Momentary Assessments and Interventions for Emotion Awareness, Regulation, and Mental Health Outcomes

NCT ID: NCT06986850

Last Updated: 2025-05-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

490 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-03-12

Study Completion Date

2025-08-31

Brief Summary

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This study investigates how different ways of reflecting on emotions in daily life influence emotional awareness, emotion regulation, and mental health. Using the FeelSync mobile app over the course of seven days, participants are prompted multiple times a day to report on their current emotional state in various formats (e.g., rating scales, multiple choice, or free text). In some groups, participants also receive brief daily exercises designed to help them practice cognitive reappraisal-a strategy that involves reframing stressful situations to reduce their emotional impact. The study aims to assess not only the overall effectiveness of these reappraisal exercises but also whether the type of emotional self-report used before the intervention affects its impact. All participants complete questionnaires before and after the app phase to track changes in mood, stress, emotional awareness, and regulation.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Stress

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Ecological Momentary Assessment with self-generated emotion description

Ecological Momentary Assessment with participant's self-generated emotion description in an open-ended question form, in English, provided five times daily for seven consecutive days

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Ecological Momentary Assessment mobile application

Intervention Type DEVICE

Ecological Momentary Assessment used for self-monitoring of emotional states.

Ecological Momentary Assessment with pre-defined set of emotion items to select

Ecological Momentary Assessment with pre-defined set of emotion items to select in a multiple-choice question form, in English, provided five times daily for seven consecutive days

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Ecological Momentary Assessment mobile application

Intervention Type DEVICE

Ecological Momentary Assessment used for self-monitoring of emotional states.

Ecological Momentary Assessment with pre-defined set of emotion items to rate on a Likert scale

Ecological Momentary Assessment with pre-defined set of emotion items to rate on a seven-point Likert scale, in a slider form, in English, provided five times daily for seven consecutive days

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Ecological Momentary Assessment mobile application

Intervention Type DEVICE

Ecological Momentary Assessment used for self-monitoring of emotional states.

Ecological Momentary Intervention with self-generated emotion description

Ecological Momentary Intervention focused on cognitive reappraisal, with a possibility to choose between distancing and positive reappraisal, provided three times daily and preceded by Ecological Momentary Assessment with participant's self-generated emotion description in an open-ended question form, in English, provided five times daily for seven consecutive days

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

FeelSync mobile application

Intervention Type DEVICE

Ecological Momentary Intervention focused on cognitive reappraisal for distressing autobiographical memories, with a possibility to choose between distancing and positive reappraisal.

Ecological Momentary Intervention with self-generated emotion description in mother tongue

Ecological Momentary Intervention focused on cognitive reappraisal, with a possibility to choose between distancing and positive reappraisal, provided three times daily and preceded by Ecological Momentary Assessment with participant's self-generated emotion description in an open-ended question form, in participant's mother tongue, provided five times daily for seven consecutive days

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

FeelSync mobile application

Intervention Type DEVICE

Ecological Momentary Intervention focused on cognitive reappraisal for distressing autobiographical memories, with a possibility to choose between distancing and positive reappraisal.

Ecological Momentary Intervention with pre-defined set of emotion items to select

Ecological Momentary Intervention focused on cognitive reappraisal, with a possibility to choose between distancing and positive reappraisal, provided three times daily and preceded by Ecological Momentary Assessment with pre-defined set of emotion items to rate on a seven-point Likert scale, in a slider form, in English, provided five times daily for seven consecutive days

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

FeelSync mobile application

Intervention Type DEVICE

Ecological Momentary Intervention focused on cognitive reappraisal for distressing autobiographical memories, with a possibility to choose between distancing and positive reappraisal.

Ecological Momentary Intervention with pre-defined set of emotion items to rate on a Likert scale

Ecological Momentary Intervention focused on cognitive reappraisal, with a possibility to choose between distancing and positive reappraisal, provided three times daily and preceded by Ecological Momentary Assessment with pre-defined set of emotion items to rate on a seven-point Likert scale, in a slider form, in English, provided five times daily for seven consecutive days

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

FeelSync mobile application

Intervention Type DEVICE

Ecological Momentary Intervention focused on cognitive reappraisal for distressing autobiographical memories, with a possibility to choose between distancing and positive reappraisal.

Interventions

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FeelSync mobile application

Ecological Momentary Intervention focused on cognitive reappraisal for distressing autobiographical memories, with a possibility to choose between distancing and positive reappraisal.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Ecological Momentary Assessment mobile application

Ecological Momentary Assessment used for self-monitoring of emotional states.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Owning a smartphone
* Proficiency in English language
* Being a student
* Age between 18 to 30 years old

Exclusion Criteria

\- Severe mental health disorder
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Marta Marciniak

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Marta Marciniak

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Erasmus University Rotterdam

Rotterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Netherlands

Central Contacts

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Marta A Marciniak, Dr

Role: CONTACT

+31 10 754 5276

Facility Contacts

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Marta A Marciniak, Dr

Role: primary

+31 10 754 5276

Other Identifiers

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ETH2425-0653

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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