Clinical trial NCT06570603: Targeting Components of Distress Tolerance
Official title: Targeting Components of Distress Tolerance
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Distress, Emotional
Lead sponsor: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-08-26
Enrollment: 240
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to learn which aspects of distress intolerance (i.e., difficulties withstanding upsetting emotional states) are the most important for improving effective emotion regulation and associated mental health symptoms.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

How are willingness to feel upset and self-efficacy for withstanding distress associated with different emotion regulation strategies used in daily life?

Does targeting willingness to feel upset and/or self-efficacy for withstanding distress help people use more effective emotion regulation strategies in daily life when they feel upset?

Are improvements in emotion regulation strategies in daily life associated with fewer symptoms of mental health problems over time?

Participants will:

Answer questions about their moods, willingness to feel upset, self-efficacy for withstanding distress and emotion regulation strategies for three weeks using a cell phone app

Undergo a willingness, self-efficacy, combined or psychoeducational control intervention in the lab

Be prompted to use the intervention skill via the cell phone app during the second week, after the intervention

Complete weekly reports of mental health symptoms


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Fluent in English
* Uses Android or iPhone smartphone
* Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) scores of 42 and higher
* Distress Intolerance Index (DII) scores of 3 or higher

Exclusion Criteria:

* Work or School that does not allow consistent access to phone (or is unsafe)
* No internet access for completing follow-up surveys

Primary outcomes:
measure: Engagement behaviors
timeFrame: Assessed 5x/day via ecological momentary assessment
measure: Disengagement behaviors
timeFrame: Assessed 5x/day via ecological momentary assessment
measure: GAD-7
timeFrame: Baseline, weekly for three weeks and then after one month followup
measure: PHQ-9
timeFrame: Baseline, weekly for three weeks and then after one month followup
measure: AUDIT
timeFrame: Baseline, weekly for three weeks and then after one month followup
measure: Binge Eating Disorder Scale
timeFrame: Baseline, weekly for three weeks and then after one month followup
measure: DSM Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure
timeFrame: Baseline, weekly for three weeks and then after one month followup
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)
timeFrame: Baseline, weekly for three weeks and then after one month followup
measure: Self-Compassion Scale - Short
timeFrame: Baseline, weekly for three weeks and then after one month followup
measure: State Loss of Interest and Pleasure Scale
timeFrame: Baseline, weekly for three weeks and then after one month followup
measure: Rumination and Reflection Questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline, weekly for three weeks and then after one month followup
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
References: