NCT04932369

The Effect of Emotion Regulation Training on Anxiety, in College Students in Egypt

The Effect of Emotion Regulation Training on Anxiety, in College Students in Egypt During COVID-19

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (actual)
• Sponsor: British University In Egypt · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The important role of Emotion Regulation (ER) in managing stress and anxiety is well recognized. Aims: 1) assessing the level of anxiety, and the level of difficulties in emotion regulation (DER) among University Students during COVID-19, 2) investigating the effect of the emotional regulation training program on the anxiety of University Students during the COVID-19. Methods: Part I, students will be assessed for their anxiety, DER, and the general impact of COVID-19 on their lives. The students will complete Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). Part II will be a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) using a pre-assessment and a post-assessment. A voluntary sample of students will randomly assigned to either a group that will receive emotion regulation training or a control group. The training program is an adapted version of DBT skills training. The training program will include mindfulness, emotion regulation, and problem-solving skills through eight 90- min group sessions.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Emotion Regulation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Emotion Regulation training based on DBT	trained about emotion regulation and problem solving during eight 90-min group sessions

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-01
• Primary completion: 2022-05-01
• Completion: 2022-05-01
• First posted: 2021-06-21
• Last updated: 2022-07-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt