NCT04792177

Internet-based Emotion Regulation Intervention for Sexual Health

SHER 2: Internet-delivered Emotion Regulation Skills Training for Sexual Health: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Luxembourg · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Introduction: Emotion regulation difficulties have been associated with mental disorders and sexual dysfunctions. Traditional face-to-face transdiagnostic emotion regulation interventions have shown positive results for emotional and personality disorders. Only recently have the effects of these interventions on sexual health started to be investigated. Internet-delivered psychological interventions have several advantages over face-to-face interventions, such as cost-effectiveness, accessibility and suitability for people who experience shame because of their stigmatized problematic behaviors and those who avoid seeking help. The aims of the SHER 2 study are: a) determine the efficacy of an Internet-based emotion regulation intervention for sexual health and sexual satisfaction, and; b) explore the effects of the intervention on (1) emotion regulation skills; (2) mental health; (3) sexual self-perception.

Conditions

• Sexual Dysfunction
• Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Emotion regulation skills training	The intervention will involve an online emotion-regulation skills training for individuals with sexual problems. It will last for 8 weeks, encompassing psycho-educational and emotion-regulation skills components. Every week participants will gain access to a different intervention module of the training, containing videos, presentation slides, written support material and a recommendation of activities to be completed until the following week of training. Participants are expected to dedicate 30 minutes to one hour per week to complete each module.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-05
• Primary completion: 2022-06-30
• Completion: 2022-07-30
• First posted: 2021-03-10
• Last updated: 2022-11-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Luxembourg