App aims to boost resilience in young adults with adverse childhood experiences
NCT ID NCT05824182
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested a self-help app called FACE for young adults aged 18-25 who had difficult childhoods. The app uses simple exercises based on proven therapy techniques to help users manage emotions and social situations. Researchers measured changes in resilience and well-being to see if the app could make a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- FACE self-help app (a smartphone-based psychological intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a low-cost, accessible way to help young adults with difficult childhoods build resilience and improve mental well-being.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial with 167 participants, but it's a single study without a control group in some analyses. The app's benefits may not apply to everyone, and long-term effects are unknown.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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167 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2023
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 25 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Self-reported ACEs * An informed consent * The possession of a smartphone * Mastery of the German language. * Age between 18 and 25 Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g., due to comprehension problems, visual impairment, lack of sufficient motor skills or severe psychological or somatic disorders which require immediate treatment which impedes the continuous work on the self-help programme. These points will be discussed with the participant in the screening telephone call. * Acute suicidality.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Olten, Canton of Solothurn, 4600, Switzerland
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