Emotional regulation through mobile phone in teenagers, O3 Wellbeing

Mobile Psycho-technologyVoice messages by Mobile Phone
for Emotional Regulation in Spanish Teenagers

Mobile Psycho-technology: Voice messages by Mobile Phone
for Emotional Regulation in Spanish Teenagers
MIGUEL QUINTANA
Health Expert
Faculty of Psychology, Complutense
University of Madrid.
O3 Wellbeing Solutions Co. Ltd.
Psychotechnology R + D+ i
M. ESTHER RINCÓN
Ph.D in Psychology
PhD. Psychology University of Seville (Spain).
Master Psycho-oncology Complutense University of Madrid (Spain).
Responsible for PsychotechnologyR+D+i
SILVIA LÓPEZ
Software Engineer
JAVIER MARTÍN
Software Engineer
Almiralabs Co. Ltd.
MIGUEL MONFORTE
Productdevelopment
Almiralabs Co. Ltd.

Mobile Psycho-technology: Voice messages by Mobile Phone for Emotional Regulation.
INTRODUCTION
According to the Spanish National Institute of Statistics:
92.1% of Spaniards aged 15 used the mobile phone in 2010.
Mobile phones uses: communication, networking or gaming and therapeutic.
We use phones for: emotional regulation.

OBJECTIVES
Do voice messages via mobile phones...
....improve emotional regulation?
....increase academic records?
...have positive impact on users’ experience?
Let´scheckitout!

METHOD
Participants:
N= 29 adolescents

METHOD
Procedure:
Psycho-educational program conducted at their high school during three months (March to May 2010).
Academic records were collected at the second and third academic terms of the 2010 school year.
Students filled out the Educational and Clinical Questionnaire for Anxiety and Depression (CECAD) pre-post intervention.
CECAD subscales: depression, anxiety, helplessness, irritability, impaired thoughts.

METHOD
Design:
Pre-post program experimental design (randomised control trial).
Participants were randomly assigned: experimental and control group.
Our team of psychologists designed 24 one-minute voice messages with instructions for:
emotions self-regulation, attention training and time management.
Voice Cast: Every message was sent randomly several days per week to students with a pre-established protocol.

RESULTS
P <.01
Mean scores post-test of CECAD
P<.01
P <.01

RESULTS
A statistical significant decrease was found in experimental group post-test in:
total scores (p<.05)
depression (p<.01)
impaired thoughts (p<.01)
The remaining subscales did not show any difference pre-post in none of the two groups of comparison (p>.05).
1. Do voice messages via mobile phones improve emotional regulation? Yes

RESULTS
There were improvements in the academic grades of the experimental group, pre-post test (Z=-2.42, p<.05), in comparison to the control group.
2. Do voice messages via mobile phones increase academic records? Yes

RESULTS
93% of students reported: “voice messages were useful to feel better, increase attention and improve their time management”.
3. Do voice messages via mobile phones have positive impact on users’ experience? Yes

RESULTS
Other results:
Positive correlation between the quantity of messages heard (p<.01) and CECAD total score.
The more messages listened, the better benefits achieved, according to: the total score of CECAD (r= -.77, p<.01), depression subscale (r=-.73, p<.01) and impaired thoughts (r=-.77, p<.01) post-test.

CONCLUSIONS
Mobile voice messages helped students:
to better self-regulate emotions.
to decrease anxiety and depression symptoms.
to improve academic performance.
Voicecasttelecom platform is:
a useful ICT tool to send simultaneously voice messages to users
Further research is needed on how mobile psycho-technology interventions can help teenagers.

Special thanks to:
Junior High School Teacher: Maria Jesus Quintana and
Volunteering school students from Pérez-GaldósJunior High School (Canary Islands, Spain).
Thank you very much for your collaboration...

THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Feel free to contact us for further information about our mobile health programs and technology at:
MIGUEL.QUINTANA@O3WELLBEING.COM

Emotional regulation through mobile phone in teenagers, O3 Wellbeing

by O3 Wellbeing Solutions on May 24, 2011

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