The effectiveness of emotional working memory training on cognitive control, attention, memory and emotion regulation strategies in young adults with problematic online gambling.
assessment the efficacy of emotional working memory training on cognitive control, attention, memory and emotion regulation strategies in young adults with problematic online gambling
Design
The clinical trial has two experimental and control groups, with random assignment and one blind. The number of participants entered into the plan was 70, and with the loss of 7 people, 63 participants remained in the plan.
Settings and conduct
, all steps were performed in absentia and using AnyDesk (Remote Desktop Software) software. First, all participants in the pre-test stage were initially evaluated, then the experimental group received the intervention and finally the final evaluation in the post-test stage was taken from two groups.
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
All participants aged 18 to 26 who have been involved in Internet gambling addiction for more than two years - participants do not have sensory and motor disabilities. The participants must have informed consent to participate in the treatment - the participants must receive other therapeutic interventions such as drug therapy or psychological treatments during the time of participating in the research. - Participants do not attend training sessions regularly
Intervention groups
Emotional working memory training program was performed on the experimental group for 20 sessions but no intervention was performed on the control group
Main outcome variables
Online gambling addiction, cognitive control, emotional control, attention, working memory
General information
Reason for update
Acronym
eWMT
IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number:IRCT20210828052309N2
Registration date:2024-05-04, 1403/02/15
Registration timing:retrospective
Last update:2024-05-04, 1403/02/15
Update count:0
Registration date
2024-05-04, 1403/02/15
Registrant information
Name
Fatemeh Shahrajabian
Name of organization / entity
Kharazmi University
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 31 4575 3054
Email address
f.shahragabian341375@gmail.com
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Expected recruitment start date
2023-07-05, 1402/04/14
Expected recruitment end date
2024-01-26, 1402/11/06
Actual recruitment start date
2023-07-05, 1402/04/14
Actual recruitment end date
2024-01-26, 1402/11/06
Trial completion date
2024-01-26, 1402/11/06
Scientific title
The effectiveness of emotional working memory training on cognitive control, attention, memory and emotion regulation strategies in young adults with problematic online gambling.
Public title
The effectiveness of emotional working memory training on cognitive control, attention, memory and emotion regulation strategies in young adults with problematic online gambling.
Purpose
Treatment
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
All participants aged 18 to 26 who have been involved in online gambling addiction for more than two years
Participants do not have sensory or motor disabilities.
Participants have informed consent to participate in the treatment
Exclusion criteria:
Participants receive other therapeutic interventions such as medication or psychological therapies while participating in the study.
Participants do not attend training sessions regularly
Age
From 18 years old to 26 years old
Gender
Both
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
Participant
Sample size
Target sample size:
70
Actual sample size reached:
70
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
As soon as each participant enters the project, they will be assigned a code. In order to be divided into two experimental and control groups, all the codes are written on sheets and from them, at first, 35 people will be randomly selected from the voting container for the experimental group and the rest for the control group.
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Single blinded
Blinding description
In assigning to two experimental and control groups, participants are not aware of the existence of two groups. The only explanation given to the control group is that due to a series of defects in the reward process and the deletion of the test results in the first stage (pre-test), treatment begins with a delay. Finally, after taking the post-test and following up and extracting the results, the treatment process is performed for the control group.
Placebo
Used
Assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Kharazmi University Ethics Committee, headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education
Street address
Kharazmi University, Shahid Beheshti Boulevard, Hesarak, Karaj, Alborz Province
City
Karaj
Province
Alborz
Postal code
3197937551
Approval date
2021-06-13, 1400/03/23
Ethics committee reference number
IR.KHU.REC.1400.003
Health conditions studied
1
Description of health condition studied
Internet gambling addiction
ICD-10 code
ICD-10 code description
addiction
Primary outcomes
1
Description
online gambling addiction
Timepoint
before the beginning of the therapeutic intervention, after the completion of 20 sessions and finally three months after the completion of the therapeutic sessions
Method of measurement
Clinical interview
Secondary outcomes
1
Description
Cognitive control
Timepoint
before the beginning of the therapeutic intervention, after the completion of 20 sessions and finally three months after the completion of the therapeutic sessions
Method of measurement
Go/No-go task/ Balloon Analog Risk Task / Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11
2
Description
attention
Timepoint
before the beginning of the therapeutic intervention, after the completion of 20 sessions and finally three months after the completion of the therapeutic sessions
Method of measurement
Continuous Performance Test
3
Description
working memory
Timepoint
before the beginning of the therapeutic intervention, after the completion of 20 sessions and finally three months after the completion of the therapeutic sessions
Method of measurement
Wechsler Working Memory Scale
4
Description
Cognitive Emotion Regulation
Timepoint
before the beginning of the therapeutic intervention, after the completion of 20 sessions and finally three months after the completion of the therapeutic sessions
Method of measurement
Garnefski Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire - Short Form
Intervention groups
1
Description
Intervention group: Participants in the intervention group received 20 sessions of 30 to 45 minutes of emotional working memory training. In the present study, we aimed to treat the cognitive and emotional deficits associated with Internet addiction using the eWMT protocol developed by Schweizer et al. (2013; 2011). The basic goal of this treatment is to strengthen the cognitive and emotional functions of the brain (functions related to the prefrontal lobe; Krause-Utz et al., 2014). It is a dual emotional working memory training program that focuses on improving attention, inhibition, emotional regulation, and working memory. In addition to cognitive training, participants also receive emotional training (using visual and auditory stimuli). Participants indicate whether a face they are currently seeing is in the same spatial location as one presented previously and/or whether a word they hear is the same as the one heard previously. For optimal task performance, the affective content of the faces must be ignored, while the participant focuses on the content of the words. Continuous eWMT training (20 - 40 minute sessions) has resulted in significant progress for improving short-term memory performance in encrypting, storing, manipulating, and retrieving emotional information Meetings were held every other day.
Category
Rehabilitation
2
Description
Intervention group: In the placebo group, participants viewed two panels with geometrical shapes on a computer screen. The top panel presented three target shapes, which the participants had to identify with a mouse click in the bottom of the panel. These panels included 5-13 distractor shapes in addition to the targets. The number of distractors included with the targets was random