Testing the REThinkACADEMY Interventions in Prevention of Emotional Disorders in College Students.

Testing the REThinkACADEMY Interventions in Prevention of Emotional Disorders in First Year College Students.

Entry in the REThinkACADEMY trial will be based on the high distress range on a psychological validate instrument to assess stress. After participants are enrolled in the REThinkACADEMY trial and randomized, those in the experimental condition ill access a ecological momentary intervention (EMI) app for the prevention of emotional disorders for 4 weeks. In the second stage, for the non-responders to the ecological supportive intervention, the online game will be implemented while the rest of the groups will be monitored for another 4 weeks. At the next step, post-test outcomes assessment will be implemented. Long term assessments will be conducted at 6 months for the college student's naturalistic follow-up phase.

Inclusion Criteria:

• to a first year student enorlled in Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
• internet and PC access to complete the scales and game
• high level of distress based on PDa scores

Exclusion Criteria:

• no internet or PC access