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The Effects of the PsyPills App on Emotion Regulation and Risk Behaviors in Emerging Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

NCT07304830 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 204

Last updated 2025-12-26

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Summary

This study aims to investigate the effects of the PsyPills mobile application on improving emotion regulation and reducing risk behaviors among emerging adults. PsyPills is a self-guided psychological intervention based on Rational-Emotive and Behavioral Therapy (REBT) principles and the Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention (JITAI) framework. The app provides short, contextually adaptive "psychological pills," or cognitive restructuring exercises, designed to help users replace irrational beliefs with rational alternatives in moments of emotional distress. The study will compare PsyPills app with an active control condition using the MoodWheel app, which supports emotional monitoring without therapeutic content.

Conditions

  • Emotion Regulation Difficulties; Risky Behaviors (Substance Use, Risky Sexual Behavior, Self-harm, Aggression, Disordered Eating)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PsyPills

A self-guided mobile intervention based on Rational-Emotive and Behavioral Therapy (REBT) principles and the Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention (JITAI) framework. Provides short, adaptive "psychological pills" - personalized cognitive restructuring exercises aimed at identifying and replacing irrational beliefs, reducing dysfunctional emotionality, and improving emotion regulation.

BEHAVIORAL

MoodWheel

The active control condition involves using the MoodWheel app, designed for emotional self-monitoring without therapeutic content. Participants label and track their emotional states, but the app does not provide cognitive restructuring, feedback, or intervention elements.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Babes-Bolyai University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
29 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-31
Primary Completion
2026-04-30
Completion
2026-05-31

Countries

  • Romania

Study Locations

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