Web-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Procrastination

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Mental Health Issue
• Interventions: Other: Internet Based Intervention - WİTHOUT GUİDANCE; Other: Internet Based Intervention - GUIDED

• Registration Number: NCT06278142
• Lead Sponsor: Anadolu University

Brief Summary

The main purpose of this study is to present the development process and project flow of an internet-based self-help intervention programme to reduce the level of procrastination among university students.

Detailed Description

In the process of developing the intervention programme, a literature review on procrastination was review on procrastination and it was found that procrastination is a problem for university students in Turkey and the need for an effective intervention programme was identified intervention programme. The existing evidence on the effectiveness of web-based The existing evidence on the effectiveness of web-based intervention programmes was reviewed in the literature developed to address procrastination. In Turkey, web-based interventions are one of the new areas of research. There is no web-based study on procrastination in the Turkish literature. The ERTELE-ME intervention is an internet-based intervention programme consisting of five modules. The intervention programme is deliveredin a guided or self-guided format. The Google Drive service will be used to deliver themodules to the participants.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Study First Submitted: 2024-02-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-02-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-19
• Study First Posted: 2024-02-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-26
• Study Start: 2024-03
• Primary Completion: 2024-04
• Study Completion: 2024-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• volunteering to participate in the study
• being 18 years of age or older
• being an undergraduate student
• having internet access and an e-mail address with gmail extension
• getting a score above 3.5 points from the Tuckman Procrastination Behaviour Scale, having a score lower than 20 points for the depression sub-dimension, 15 points for the anxiety sub-dimension and 19 points for the stress sub-dimension of the DASS 21 scale (the participant is expected to meet all sub-dimension conditions).

Exclusion Criteria

• not being in a psychological help process
• not having any psychiatric diagnosis

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Without Guidance Web-Based Intervention	Internet Based Intervention - WİTHOUT GUİDANCE	Participants in this group will use the web-based intervention without guidance support.
Guided Web-Based Intervention	Internet Based Intervention - GUIDED	Participants in this group will use the web-based intervention with guidance support.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Tuckman Procrastination Behaviour Scale	Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)	Turkish adaptation of the scale consists of 14 items, five-point Likert type (1: strongly disagree-5: strongly agree) and one dimension. The evaluation of the Tuckman Procrastination Behaviour scale is made by taking the average of all items. The maximum score that can be obtained from the scale is expressed as five and the minimum score as one.
Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire	Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)	Turkish adaptation of the form was developed by Batmaz et al. (2015) and consists of 15 items of 9 Likert type. The scale items can be used in short and ultra short form.The 9-item short form will be used to collect data from the study group. The 9-item short form will be used to collect data from the study group.
Attitude Scale for Internet-Based Interventions	Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)	Apolinário-Hagen et al. (2018) is a measurement tool consisting of 16 items adapted into Turkish by Özer et al. (in the publication stage). Scale consists of two sub-dimensions named as "Perceived Usefulness and Usefulness" and "Relative Advantage and Comparability".
Time Management Scale	Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)	The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 27 and the highest score is 135 (Alay \& Koçak, 2002). It was deemed appropriate for the evaluation of time management skills in the study group.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21)	Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)	Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) is used to assess depression, stress and anxiety levels.