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Trial reportEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2019

Changes in irrational beliefs are responsible for the efficacy of the REThink therapeutic game in preventing emotional disorders in children and adolescents: mechanisms of change analysis of a randomized clinical trial.

Oana A David, Roxana A I Cardoș, Silviu Matu

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In one paragraph

Trial report in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03308981 (Efficacy of the REThink Therapeutic Online Game in Promoting Child and Adolescent Mental Health), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03308981 nacompletednot on this map

Efficacy of the REThink Therapeutic Online Game in Promoting Child and Adolescent Mental Health

TypeinterventionalSponsorBabes-Bolyai UniversityRan2016 to 2017Enrolled165ConditionsResilience, PsychologicalArmsREThink therapeutic online game, REBE group
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The REThink Online Therapeutic Game: A Usability Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Oana A DavidDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, The International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babeş-Bolyai University, No. 37, Republicii Street, 400015, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania.
Roxana A I CardoșDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, The International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babeş-Bolyai University, No. 37, Republicii Street, 400015, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania. roxana.cardos@ubbcluj.ro.
Silviu MatuDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, The International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babeş-Bolyai University, No. 37, Republicii Street, 400015, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania.
Babeș-Bolyai University · ROInternational Institute for Advanced Studies · JP

Funding

Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-1937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanisms of change are rarely investigated in the field of gamified interventions for preventing emotional disorders in children and adolescents despite the wide recognition for the advantages they offer as prevention tool. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the mechanisms of change of a therapeutic game (REThink), specifically mediators and moderators of its efficacy. We conducted a randomized controlled trial, involving 165 children (age range 10-16 years), who were randomly distributed across three groups: the REThink group (N = 54), the Rational Emotive Behavior Education group (N = 55) and the Waitlist condition (N = 56). Results indicated that changes in irrational beliefs were significant mediators for the REThink intervention on depressive mood and overall negative emotions. Age did not moderate the effect of REThink, which indicates that the program was equally effective for children and adolescents.Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03308981.

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CultureAdolescentAffective SymptomsChildEmotionsFemaleHumansMaleInternalizing disordersPreventionRandomized controlled trialRational emotive behavioral therapyTherapeutic game

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