Comparison of Online Group Therapy Interventions for Procrastination: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Different Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Protocols
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 222
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in Polish version of the Pure Procrastination Scale (PPS)
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of two cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) protocols for procrastination with an active control protocol including cognitive-behavioral elements and with a wait-list control group. The interventions will be delivered online in group settings. All three protocols include identical psychoeducation and cognitive modules related to procrastination, but will differ in the behavioral modules. The behavioral module in one protocol is focused on starting on time and realistic planning. The second protocol implements working time restriction. The active comparator protocol implements the pomodoro time management technique. The wait-list control group will receive one of the CBT protocols after the period of waiting. It is assumed that all active conditions will be superior to the wait-list control, and that CBT protocols will be superior to the protocol including the time management technique. Primary (procrastination) and secondary (depression and anxiety) measures will be collected prior and after the interventions (or waiting period in wait-list group) and after 6-months in the three active condition groups.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Care Provider)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 26 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Bachelor's and Master's university students
- •Self-reported primary difficulties related to chronic and severe procrastination
- •Serious procrastination problem lasting for at least one year as confirmed during clinical interview
- •Having a postponed/procrastinated project to complete in the course of therapy
- •Willing to participate in the study
- •Fluent in Polish language
- •Computer access and stable Internet connection
排除标准
- •Current participation in other psychotherapy
- •Change of psychiatric medication during last 12 weeks
- •Severe anxiety or affective disorders and any other severe psychiatric disorders that require other type of specialized care and are primary to procrastination problem (e.g. major depressive episode, social phobia, PTSD, etc.)
- •Active suicidality
- •Psychosis, bipolar disorder
- •Alcohol or substance dependence
- •Severe personality disorders (with exclusion of avoidant, dependent and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Polish version of the Pure Procrastination Scale (PPS)
时间窗: baseline assessment (week 0); mid-treatment assessment (week 3); post-treatment assessment (week 6); follow-up assessment (6 months after post-treatment assessment)
Assessment of procrastination level. The Polish version of PPS consists of 12 items that evaluate procrastination conceptualized as a dysfunctional delay (e.g. "I am continually saying I'll do it tomorrow"; "I delay making decisions until it's too late"). Participants respond on a 5-point scale (1 = "very seldom or not true of me"; 2 = "seldom true of me"; 3 = "sometimes true of me"; 4 = "often true of me"; 5 = "very often true of true of me")
Change in Polish version of the Aitken Procrastination Inventory (API)
时间窗: baseline assessment (week 0); mid-treatment assessment (week 3); post-treatment assessment (week 6); follow-up assessment (6 months after post-treatment assessment)
Assessment of academic procrastination level. The Polish version of API consists of 19 items that evaluate the tendency of students to procrastinate in their academic tasks (e.g. "If I had an important project to do, I'd get started on it as quickly as possible", "Getting down to work often takes me a long time."). Participants respond on a 5-point scale (1 = "false"; 2 = "mostly false"; 3 = " sometimes false/sometimes true"; 4 = "mostly true"; 5 = "true").
次要结局
- Change in Polish version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)(baseline assessment (week 0); mid-treatment assessment (week 3); post-treatment assessment (week 6); follow-up assessment (6 months after post-treatment assessment))
- Change in Polish version of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire-7 (GAD-7)(baseline assessment (week 0); mid-treatment assessment (week 3); post-treatment assessment (week 6); follow-up assessment (6 months after post-treatment assessment))
- Degree of completion of a particular project that the participant decided to work on during the training (e.g. a thesis, an essay, a report).(baseline assessment (week 0); mid-treatment assessment (week 3); post-treatment assessment (week 6))