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| Name | Class |
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| University of Zurich | OTHER |
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This "SeApp" study aims to test a self-efficacy Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) in healthy students in the context of COVID-19. EMIs are mostly smartphone-based applications that deliver interventions to people while being engaged in their daily life activities. The app harnesses the power of self-efficacy autobiographical memories (e.g. problem-solving memories, memories of success).
Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMAs) are also incorporated into the study to capture individuals' feelings, affect, and behavior in real time.
Clarification added [September 2025]: The record previously showed an incorrect estimated enrollment due to a data entry error. The planned enrollment for this trial was 93, consistent with comparable prior studies, and enrollment was closed when 93 participants had been enrolled.
This "SeApp" study aims to test a self-efficacy Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) in healthy students in the context of COVID-19. EMIs are mostly smartphone-based applications that deliver interventions to people while being engaged in their daily life activities. The app harnesses the power of self-efficacy autobiographical memories (e.g. problem-solving memories, memories of success).
Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMAs) are also incorporated into the study to capture individuals' feelings, affect, and behavior in real time.
Developed by psychologist Dr. Albert Bandura in 1977, the concept of self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in their ability to perform the necessary actions to manage particular situations. Bandura's theory highlights four major components of self-efficacy, including mastery experiences, socialmodeling, social persuasion, and psychological responses. The app tested here focuses on mastery experiences, which are what individuals gain when they take on a challenge and succeed. The app prompts participants in the daily recall of self-efficacy memories. The project aims to test its feasibility and to investigate how daily self-efficacy and motivation can be enhanced and perceived stress and depression reduced by daily memory-based training via smartphone app.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention | Experimental | Digital Self-Efficacy Training with 3 trainings daily and Ecological Momentary Assessment |
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| Control | Active Comparator | Ecological Momentary Assessment |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Self-Efficacy Training and Ecological Momentary Assessment | Behavioral | Participants receive 3 self-efficacy trainings per day, combined with Ecological Momentary Assessments assessing mood, social contacts, and virtual context 3x/day for one week |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| General Self-Efficacy | change in general self-efficacy meeasured using the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE, 10 items rated on a 4-point Likert scale with higher scores indicating greater levels of self-efficacy; min=10, max=40) | after app completion and 1 month after app completion |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Perceived Stress | change in perceived stress measured using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS; 10 items rated on a 0-4 scale with higher scores indicating greater levels of perceived stress; min=0, max=40) | after app completion and 1 month after app completion |
| Intolerance of Uncertainty |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Ecological Momentary Assessment | change of momentary mood | through app participation (1 week) |
| Hope | change in hope measured using the Adult Hope Scale (AHS; consists of 12 items, and respondents are required to rate each item on an 8-point Likert scale; min=12, max=96) |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Psychiatric history
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| The New School | New York | New York | 10011 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000072860 | Ecological Momentary Assessment |
| ID | Term |
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| D011581 | Psychological Tests |
| D004191 | Behavioral Disciplines and Activities |
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Random Allocation, 2 Arms allocation to groups blinded, parallel assignment, masking participant, outcome assessor, investigator.
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Parallel Assignment
| Control intervention: Ecological Momentary Assessment only | Behavioral | Participants receive Ecological Momentary Assessments assessing mood, social contacts, and virtual context 3x/day for one week only |
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change in intolerance of uncertainty measured using the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS; 12 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale with higher scores indicating greater intolerance of uncertainty; min=12, max=60) |
| after app completion and 1 month after app completion |
| State and Trait Anxiety | change in state and trait anxiety measured using the The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI; 40 items rated on a 4-point Likert scale with a commonly used cutoff score of 40 indicating probable clinical levels of anxiety; min=20, max=80 on the subscales) | after app completion and 1 month after app completion |
| Positive and Negative Affect positive and negative affect | change in positive and negative affect measured using the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS; 20 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale with 10 items measuring positive affect and 10 items measuring and higher scores indicating greater levels of positive or negative affect; min=10, max=50 on the subscales) | after app completion and 1 month after app completion |
| Hopelessness | change in hopelessness measured using the BHS | after app completion and 1 month after app completion |
| Depression | change in depression measured using the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BDI-II; 20 true and false items with higher scores indicating greater levels of hopelessness) | after app completion and 1 month after app completion |
| after app completion and 1 month after app completion |
| Satisfaction with Mobile Application | to evaluate usage of app using the User version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS; consists of 20 itesm, scores ranges from 1 to 5; the total score could range from 20 to 100, with higher scores indicating a higher overall quality rating for the app) | single time point: immediately after the intervention |
| Coronavirus Anxiety Scale | to evaluate association with coronoavirus anxiety the coronavirus anxiety scale is used (10 items, each rated on a scale of 0 to 4, the total score could range from 0 to 40) | after app completion and 1 month after app completion |
| Self-efficacy memories | exploratory (descriptive) analysis, using no scale | single time point: baseline |