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Young Adult Latino Testicular Cancer Survivors: a Pilot Study of Goal-Focused Emotion Regulation Therapy (GET)
Sponsor: University of California, Irvine
Summary
Testicular cancer diagnosis and treatment, especially given its threat to sexuality and reproductive health, can be distressing in the formative period of young adulthood. Responsive to the need for feasible, effective, and scalable interventions that meet the needs of ethnic minority men, 35 Hispanic/Latino young adults (ages 18-39) with testicular cancer will receive 6 sessions of GET. We will evaluate primary and secondary outcomes at baseline, post-treatment, and 3-month follow-up. In addition, identified biomarkers will be assessed at baseline and post-intervention.
Key Details
Gender
MALE
Age Range
18 Years - 39 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
35
Start Date
2020-08-05
Completion Date
2023-08-14
Last Updated
2026-05-29
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Goal-focused Emotion-regulation Therapy
GET is a 6-session intervention delivered over 8 weeks to enhance self-regulation through improved goal navigation skills, improved sense of meaning and purpose, and better ability to regulate specific emotional responses. Session topics include a review of cancer-related experiences and influences on goal pursuits, psychoeducation regarding emotions, skills, and values (Session 1), values clarifications and emotional awareness (Session 2), achievability of goals, cognitive skills training (Sessions 3), goal pathway mapping, navigating blocked goals and re-directing energy (Sessions 4), goal motivation and agentic actions, self-care behavior (Session 5), and goal pursuits moving forward (session 6). The first session is 90 minutes and each subsequent session is 60 minutes. Participants are given structured at home exercises via an interactive digital workbook designed to facilitate skill acquisition.
Locations (1)
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, United States