An Integrative Platform for Promoting Children's Emotional Health

REThinkWELL: An Evidence-based Integrative Platform for the Prevention of Emotional Disorders in Children and Promotion of Children's Emotional Health

The general objective of the study is to test an online platform for the promotion of emotional health in children

The project aims at implementing an integrated online therapeutic platform that will be accessed by youth, parents and clinicians. The main original feature is the integration of state of the art online/mobile and gaming technologies into a unique platform that allows easy access to personalized, accessible and validated prevention.

The platform aims to allow access to attractive, easily accessible and evidence-based prevention for youths. The system will be validated in the second step as an integrative, multi-componential and adaptive platform for the prevention of emotional disorders in youth. The platform includes tools that were separately tested in laboratory conditions and found to be effective: the REThink therapeutic video game and the online REThink Parenting and Rational Parent Coach mobile programs.

Inclusion Criteria:

• children aged 8 to 12 years
• scores above average at any subscale of Childhood Trauma Questionnaire
• parental consent provided
• for the parental intervention: no changes in children's main outcomes following the REThink intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

• intellectual disability or physical limitations precluding the use of the online platform
• presence of a mental health disorder in the children or their enrolled parent