An Integrative Intervention for Preventing Children's Emotional Disorders

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The general objective of the study is to test an online platform for the prevention of emotional disorders in children aged 8-12 without any clinical symptoms.

Detailed Description
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The general objective of the study is to test an online platform for the prevention of emotional disorders in children aged 8-12 without any clinical symptoms. The game will be used by children and adolescents for a period of four weeks. Pre-test and post-test measurements will be taken.

Official Title
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An Integrative Intervention for Preventing Children's Emotional Disorders

Conditions
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Emotional Problem

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Rethink game


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: children aged 8 to 12 years parental consent provided al least one answer different than never true on the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire - Short Form (CTQ-SF; Bernstein &amp; Fink, 1998; Bernstein et al., 2003), measuring dichotomically the presence of Emotional Neglect, Physical Neglect, Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse Exclusion Criteria: intellectual disability or physical limitations precluding the use of the online platform presence of a mental health disorder in the children or their enrolled parent

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 8 Years
Maximum Age: 12 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: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: REThink game<br>REThink is a online therapeutic game developed by David and collaborators (2018), proved to be an efficient intervention for the reduction of emotional symptoms in children and adolescents. | Behavioral: Rethink game<br>* REThink is a online therapeutic game developed by David and collaborators (2018), proved to be an efficient intervention for the reduction of emotional symptoms in children and adolescents.<br>|
| No Intervention: Monitoring<br>Participants in this arm will be monitored for a total of eight weeks, for comparison with the REThink game intervention (after four weeks). | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Child emotion regulation | The Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA; Biesecker & Easterbrooks, 2001). The 13 items are measured on a five-point Likert scale, from 0 strong disagreement to 5strong agreement where higher scores represent better emotional regulation abilitie | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | 
| Changes in child emotion regulation | The Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA; Biesecker & Easterbrooks, 2001). The 13 items are measured on a five-point Likert scale, from 0 strong disagreement to 5strong agreement where higher scores represent better emotional regulation abilities. | post-test, one week after the intervention | 
| Children emotional regulation | The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire - Short (Garnefski &amp; Kraaij, 2006) is an 18-item self-report scale that measures a total of nine different cognitive coping strategies, each addressed by two items. | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | 
| Changes in children emotional regulation | The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire - Short (Garnefski &amp; Kraaij, 2006) is an 18-item self-report scale that measures a total of nine different cognitive coping strategies, each addressed by two items. | post-test, one week after the intervention | 
| child emotional simptoms | SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | 
| Changes in child emotional simptoms | SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) | post-test, one week after the intervention | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Children's irrational beliefs | The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality (CASI, Bernard & Cronan, 1999) | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | 
| changes in Children's irrational beliefs | The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality (CASI, Bernard & Cronan, 1999) | post-test, one week after the intervention | 
| child behavioral difficulties | SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) The strengths and difficulties questionnaire: a pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 7:125-130 | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | 
| Mental health | SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) The strengths and difficulties questionnaire: a pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 7:125-130 | baseline; pre-intervention (one week before the intervention) | 
| Changes child mental health | SDQ - Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) The strengths and difficulties questionnaire: a pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 7:125-130 | post-test, one week after the intervention | 

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