Actively Recruiting

Age: 8Years - 12Years
All Genders
NCT07159347

Assessment of Daily Stressors in Children With Depressive Symptoms for the Development of a Gamified Emotion Regulation App

Led by Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich · Updated on 2025-09-08

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Participants Needed

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Research Sites

65 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

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Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

Lead Sponsor

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Technical University Darmstadt (WG Serious Games)

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

Digital interventions, such as serious games, are becoming increasingly important in the context of prevention and treatment approaches of mental disorders. A project (SG4ChildD) funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) aims to develop a gamified app to promote emotion regulation in children aged 8 to 12 with increased depressive symptoms or a manifest diagnosis of depression. The app intends to train emotion regulation skills through playful and everyday-relevant scenarios. To ensure that the app meets the needs of the target group, a participatory needs assessment will be conducted that involves both children and their parents. Based on interviews with children and focus groups with parents and complemented by questionnaires, it will be assessed which everyday stressors children experience, how they cope with them, and what kind of support they and their parents find helpful.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Assessment of Daily Stressors in Children With Depressive Symptoms for the Development of a Gamified Emotion Regulation App

Who Can Participate

Age: 8Years - 12Years
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Child aged 8 to 12 years
  • Increased depressive symptoms shown by self-report with Beck Depression Inventory for Youth 2 (T-score > 60) or parental report with DISYPS-III external rating (Stanine score 63 7)
  • Parent of a child meeting the above inclusion criteria
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Insufficient German language skills
  • Acute suicidality
  • Diagnosis of schizophrenic disorder
  • Severe developmental disorder
  • Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychotropic substances

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital

München, Bavaria, Germany, 80336

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Research Team

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Lisa Feldmann, Dr.

CONTACT

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Laura Schäffler

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Masking

N/A

Allocation

N/A

Model

N/A

Primary Purpose

N/A

Number of Arms

2

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