FeelSync: Tailoring Ecological Momentary Assessments and Interventions for Emotion Awareness, Regulation, and Mental Health Outcomes
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: FeelSync mobile application, Ecological Momentary Assessment mobile application.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Stress. Basic parameters: 18 years — 30 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Netherlands
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This study investigates how different ways of reflecting on emotions in daily life influence emotional awareness, emotion regulation, and mental health. Using the FeelSync mobile app over the course of seven days, participants are prompted multiple times a day to report on their current emotional state in various formats (e.g., rating scales, multiple choice, or free text). In some groups, participants also receive brief daily exercises designed to help them practice cognitive reappraisal-a strategy that involves reframing stressful situations to reduce their emotional impact. The study aims to assess not only the overall effectiveness of these reappraisal exercises but also whether the type of emotional self-report used before the intervention affects its impact. All participants complete questionnaires before and after the app phase to track changes in mood, stress, emotional awareness, and regulation.
Interventions
- Device FeelSync mobile application
Ecological Momentary Intervention focused on cognitive reappraisal for distressing autobiographical memories, with a possibility to choose between distancing and positive reappraisal. - Device Ecological Momentary Assessment mobile application
Ecological Momentary Assessment used for self-monitoring of emotional states.
Primary outcome measures
- Perceived Stress Scale [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention, study day 1) and Follow-up (post intervention, study day 9)]
- Beck Depression Inventory II [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention, study day 1) and Follow-up (post intervention, study day 9)]
- State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention, study day 1) and Follow-up (post intervention, study day 9)]
- Emotion Regulation Questionnaire [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention, study day 1) and Follow-up (post intervention, study day 9)]
- Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention, study day 1) and Follow-up (post intervention, study day 9)]
- Toronto Alexithymia Scale [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention, study day 1) and Follow-up (post intervention, study day 9)]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Mobile Agnew Relationship Measure [Time frame: Follow-up (post intervention, study day 9)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Owning a smartphone
- Proficiency in English language
- Being a student
- Age between 18 to 30 years old
Exclusion criteria
\- Severe mental health disorder
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Factorial
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Netherlands · 1 center
- Erasmus University Rotterdam — Rotterdam
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06986850 · ETH2425-0653