A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy for excessive worry
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- excessive worryMental Health - Anxiety
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12614000313639
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Flinders University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
age (18-60 years old), self-reported excessive and uncontrollable worry, a stated treatment goal to address worry, and raw scores of 55 or higher on the Penn State Worry Questionnaire
Exclusion Criteria
current treatment for worry related issues, active suicidal ideation, psychosis, or alcohol and drug dependency.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method excessive worry: The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ; Meyer et al., 1990) will be used to measure pathological worry . [baseline (screening survey), pre-treatment, post-treatment, 3-month follow-up]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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