NCT06811571

A Study of the Effectiveness of an Early Intervention on Adolescent Hazardous Gaming

A Study of the Effectiveness of a Mobile-based Early Intervention on Adolescent Hazardous Gaming

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shanghai Mental Health Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators established a mobile-based early intervention on adolescent hazardous gaming and verified its effectiveness.

Detailed description

Hazardous gaming is the precursor of gaming disorder. Early intervention on hazardous gaming is an effective strategy to prevent gaming disorder. Currently, there are few evidence-based early interventions, particularly the technology-based approaches with the advantage of user-friendliness. This study developed a mobile-based early intervention program based on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adolescent hazardous gaming. In order to verify the effectiveness of the intervention, adolescent participants were recruited and divided into two groups. The intervention group received the one-month intervention, while the control group did not. Both groups accepted the assessments at baseline and two months after the intervention. Comparative analysis was carried out between the two groups and two time points, primarily on the severity of gaming disorder, gaming hours, gaming frequency, anxiety, depression and self-esteem.

Conditions

• Gaming Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	the mobile-based early intervention	The theoretical framework of the intervention was based on Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). We designed three modules, which were the Gaming behavior management, the Gaming cognition establishment and the Early intervention on risk and protective factors. The interventions included self-monitoring questionnaires, scientific popular articles, and online lectures.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-01
• Primary completion: 2025-12-31
• Completion: 2025-12-31
• First posted: 2025-02-06
• Last updated: 2025-02-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China