Brief behavioral therapeutic intervention for reducing depersonalization during exams in test anxiety

Phase 2

• Conditions: Depersonalisation in test anxiety; F40.2; Specific (isolated) phobias

• Registration Number: DRKS00010190
• Lead Sponsor: Technische Universität Dresden

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-03-22
• Study Completion: 2017-09-30
• Results First Posted: 2020-03-11
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

Test anxiety (cut-off percentile ranks > 75 in test anxiety questionnaire; Hodapp, Rohrmann, & Ringeisen, 2011), min. 1 Item in the retrospective survey for the last exam with the adapted version of the German Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (Hoyer, Braeuer, Crawcour, Klumbies, & Kirschbaum, 2013) in the field of high intensity (> 66) and an average value of min. 20 in the scale, the depersonalization during examination situations is experienced as unpleasant, annoying or alienating (newly created items)

Exclusion Criteria

dissociative disorder, addictive disorders (except nicotine) , psychotic disorder, Borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, severe depressive episode, heart disease, epilepsy, migraine, pregnancy, current psychotherapeutic or psychiatric treatment, average consumption of more than 10 cigarettes per day

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Significant difference between the intervention and of the waitlist control group in the reported severity of experienced depersonalization during the Trier Social Stress Test for groups (TSST-G; von Dawans, Kirschbaum, & Heinrichs, 2011), measured with the adapted version of the German Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (original: Sierra, 2000; German version: adapted version: Michal et al, 2004; Hoyer, Braeuer, Crawcour, Klumbies, & Kirschbaum 2013) directly after the TSST-G.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Significant difference between the intervention and of the waitlist control group in the situational cognitive assessment at the beginning of the Trier Social Stress Test in groups (TSST-G; von Dawans, Kirschbaum, & Heinrichs, 2011), as measured by the Primary appraisal Secondary-Appraisal Questionnaire (Gaab et al, 2005), in the heart rate variability during the performance of TSST-G and the reported level of experienced anxiety, measured with the state scale of the State-Trait anxiety inventory (German version: Laux, Glanzmann, Schaffner, & Spielberger, 1981) immediately after the TSST-G.