Tokyo, July 14 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000062193) titled 'Effects of a web-based personalized feedback system and dialogue-based support on problematic gaming use among adolescents' on July 14.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - No treatment

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Hokusho University

Condition: Condition - Problematic gaming use among junior and senior high school students Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - To examine, among junior and senior high school students and their parents, the effects of a web-based Personalized Normative Feedback (PNF) system alone and combined with a dialogue intervention based on the system, compared with a control group. Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - Control group: Participants complete the baseline survey and the 3-month follow-up survey. Interventions/Control_2 - PNF group: After the baseline survey, participants receive individualized normative feedback regarding their gaming use through the web-based Personalized Normative Feedback (PNF) system. A 3-month follow-up survey is conducted.

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 13 years-old = Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - Parent-child dyads consisting of a junior or senior high school student and their guardian; the guardian provides informed consent and the student provides informed assent; participants are able to attend the explanation session, baseline survey, intervention if allocated, and the 3-month follow-up survey conducted at the university. Key exclusion criteria - Participants will be excluded if they meet any of the following criteria:

Adolescents who do not provide assent or consent to participate in the study, or whose parents/guardians do not provide consent. Adolescents or parents/guardians who have substantial difficulty understanding the study explanation, questionnaires, web-based Personalized Normative Feedback system, or dialog-based intervention. Adolescents who are currently receiving ongoing treatment or professional support for gaming disorder, internet gaming disorder, or other mental health problems, and for whom participation in this study may interfere with such treatment or support. Adolescents for whom participation in the study may cause substantial psychological burden, as judged by the adolescent, parent/guardian, or researcher. Adolescents or parents/guardians who are unable to participate in the baseline assessment, intervention, or follow-up assessment. Other individuals judged by the principal investigator or research staff to be inappropriate for participation in the study. Target Size - 60

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Preinitiation Date of protocol fixation - 2026 Year 07 Month 01 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2026 Year 07 Month 30 Day Last follow-up date - 2026 Year 11 Month 30 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000071169

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