A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Internet-based Emotion Regulation Intervention for Sexual Health: Study Protocol

Overview

Journal Trials

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties General Medicine
Pharmacology

Date 2021 Oct 16

PMID 34654460

Citations 1

Authors

Vinicius Jobim Fischer

Gerhard Andersson

Joel Billieux

Claus Vogele

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Abstract

Introduction: Emotion regulation difficulties have been associated with mental disorders and sexual dysfunctions. Traditional face-to-face transdiagnostic emotion regulation interventions have shown positive results for emotional and personality disorders. Only recently have the effects of these interventions on sexual health started to be investigated. Internet-delivered psychological interventions have several advantages over face-to-face interventions, such as cost-effectiveness, accessibility, and suitability for people who experience shame because of their stigmatized problematic behaviors and those who avoid seeking help. The aims of the SHER 2-TREpS (Portuguese acronym for Emotion Regulation training for sexual health) project are as follows: (a) determine the efficacy of an Internet-based emotion regulation intervention for sexual health and sexual satisfaction and (b) explore the effects of the intervention on (1) emotion regulation skills, (2) mental health, and (3) sexual self-perception.

Methods And Analysis: The study will use a randomized controlled trial design. Eligible participants will be randomly allocated to one of two groups: intervention (Internet-based emotion regulation training) or waitlist control. Assessments will take place before the start of the trial, at the end of the trial, and at 6-month follow up, after which participants assigned to the waitlist control condition will receive the same intervention. Primary outcomes include sexual function and satisfaction and secondary outcomes self-report measures of depression, anxiety, difficulties in emotion regulation, and sexual self-perception. This intervention study is financed by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNS).

Ethics And Dissemination: Ethics approval was obtained from the Ethics Review Panel of the University of Luxembourg. Findings will be disseminated via peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.

Citing Articles

Web-Based Emotion Regulation Training for Sexual Health: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Fischer V, Rossato Holz M, Billieux J, Andersson G, Vogele C JMIR Form Res. 2024; 8:e50850.

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