NCT05949905

A Stage-matched Intervention Based on Transtheoretical Model of Change in Changing the Videogaming Behavior

Efficacy of a Stage-matched Intervention Based on Transtheoretical Model of Change in Changing the Digital Gaming Behavior Among Male High School Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 144 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Baghdad · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 15 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A Stage-matched randomized controlled trial seeks to change the problematic digital gaming behavior among high school male students.

Detailed description

The researchers will use two groups (study and control) in which participants will be randomly selected and assigned in each of the study and control groups using simple random sampling. The study intervention will be designed based on each Stage of Change of the Transtheoretical Model of Change in that participants in each Stage of Change will receive the intervention that matches the Stage of Change they would be in. A 12-week interval would be considered between administering the intervention and posttest 1 and the same interval would be used between posttest 1 and posttest 2.

Conditions

• Video Game Addiction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Stage-matched interventions	The intervention would be using the Processes of Change that match each Stage of Change.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-14
• Primary completion: 2024-04-30
• Completion: 2024-05-10
• First posted: 2023-07-18
• Last updated: 2024-03-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iraq