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

NCT07159347 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2025-09-08

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Summary

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

  • Depressive Disorder
  • Depression in Children
  • Depressive Symptoms

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Technical University Darmstadt (WG Serious Games)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Ascora GmbH

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • smart medication eHealth Solutions GmbH

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Pedagogical Academy Elisabethenstift gGmbH

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Medical Center Rostock

    collaborator OTHER

  • Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (Developmental Psychology)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gerd Schulte-Körne, Prof. Dr. · Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital

  • Ellen Greimel, Prof. Dr. · Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-02
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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