Assessment of Daily Stressors in Children With Depressive Symptoms for the Development of a Gamified Emotion Regulation App

Digital interventions, such as serious games, are becoming increasingly important in the context of prevention and treatment approaches of mental disorders. A project (SG4ChildD) funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) aims to develop a gamified app to promote emotion regulation in children aged 8 to 12 with increased depressive symptoms or a manifest diagnosis of depression. The app intends to train emotion regulation skills through playful and everyday-relevant scenarios. To ensure that the app meets the needs of the target group, a participatory needs assessment will be conducted that involves both children and their parents. Based on interviews with children and focus groups with parents and complemented by questionnaires, it will be assessed which everyday stressors children experience, how they cope with them, and what kind of support they and their parents find helpful.

NCT Number	NCT07159347
Lead Sponsor	Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich Collaborators: Technical University Darmstadt (WG Serious Games), Ascora GmbH, smart medication eHealth Solutions GmbH, Pedagogical Academy Elisabethenstift gGmbH, University Medical Center Rostock, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (Developmental Psychology), Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Conditions	Depressive Disorder, Depression in Children, Depressive Symptoms
Enrollment	15 participants
Start Date	2025-09-02
Primary Completion	2026-12 (estimated)
Study Completion	2026-12 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-09-08