Assessment of Emotion-regulation Skills in Game-based Situations

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

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

Conditions
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Emotional Problem

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: REThink therapeutic game


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 10 Years
Maximum Age: 14 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Screening
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Online therapeutic game<br>Participants in this group will have access to the evaluation module of the REThink game. | Other: REThink therapeutic game<br>* 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.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emotion-regulation | 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 5strong agreement where higher scores represent better emotional regulation abilities, | Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention) | 
| Strengths and difficulties | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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) | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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emotional regulation, online therapeutic game, emotional regulation assessment