Clinical trial NCT05711368: Effect of Distress Tolerance Training on Problematic Internet Use and Psychological Wellbeing Among Faculty Nursing Students
Official title: The Effects of Distress Tolerance Training on Problematic Internet Use and Psychological Wellbeing Among Faculty Nursing Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Nurse's Role
Keywords: Distress Tolerance
Problematic Internet Use
Psychological well being
Nursing
Lead sponsor: Alexandria University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-02-03
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The Internet is a social environment as well as a tool. In this digital environment, where students interact with each other, live, and generally comprehend their cultures, college students learn information. The Internet has become essential to college students' daily lives and education. The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that increased screen usage and gaming may occur during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to this, there is an increased chance of Internet and gaming addiction, leading to more distress and concern for students' psychological well-being. Therefore, university students needed an intervention program to overcome these problems. The researchers in the present study will use distress tolerance. Distress tolerance (DT) is defined as one's ability to continue engaging in goal-directed behavior in the face of emotional, cognitive, or physical discomfort. Eventually, the present study aimed to The present study aims to:

Assess the impact of distress tolerance training on problematic internet use and psychological wellbeing among university nursing students.

Research Hypothesis:

Nursing students who receive distress tolerance training will exhibit lower problematic internet use and better psychological wellbeing than those who didn't receive it


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Students that are not participating in any other type of psychotherapy.
* Students who scored high on Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIU).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Students who have a history of mental illness.
* students who are more than 30 years old.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIU)
timeFrame: up to 16 weeks
measure: Ryff psychological well being scale (PWBS)
timeFrame: up to 16 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Alexandria
country: Egypt
facility: Faculty of Nursing
Study officials:
References:
citation: Demetrovics Z, Szeredi B, Rozsa S. The three-factor model of Internet addiction: the development of the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire. Behav Res Methods. 2008 May;40(2):563-74. doi: 10.3758/brm.40.2.563.
citation: Gao J, McLellan R. Using Ryff's scales of psychological well-being in adolescents in mainland China. BMC Psychol. 2018 Apr 20;6(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s40359-018-0231-6.
citation: Leyro TM, Zvolensky MJ, Bernstein A. Distress tolerance and psychopathological symptoms and disorders: a review of the empirical literature among adults. Psychol Bull. 2010 Jul;136(4):576-600. doi: 10.1037/a0019712.
citation: Gong Z, Wang L, Wang H. Perceived Stress and Internet Addiction Among Chinese College Students: Mediating Effect of Procrastination and Moderating Effect of Flow. Front Psychol. 2021 Jun 28;12:632461. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.632461. eCollection 2021.