Randomised Controlled Trial of a Digital Programme for Procrastination in UK University Students
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- University of Bath
- Enrollment
- 140
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Procrastination: Pure Procrastination Scale (PPS; Rozental, Forsell, et al., 2014)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of an 8-week self-directed internet based CBT intervention on various psychological outcomes for young students struggling with procrastination in the UK. The psychological outcomes consist of motivation, depressive symptoms, impulsivity and anxiety. More specifically, the study aims to compare the effect of the intervention vs waitlist control at 8 weeks on primary and secondary outcomes. Additionally, the study aims to explore whether changes in primary and secondary outcomes as the result of the intervention are mediated or moderated by key intervention processes.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 16 Years to 24 Years (Child, Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Resident in the UK
- •Fluent in English
- •Aged between 16 and 24 years of age
- •Have access to computer or smartphone
- •Score at least 40 points on the Pure Procrastination Scale (indicating difficulties with procrastination)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Ongoing psychological treatment
- •New course of change in dose of psychotropic medication in the last two months (self-reported)
Arms & Interventions
Procrastinate digital programme
8-week unternet-based CBT for procrastination
- Behavioural Module: Introduction
- Behavioural Module: Goal setting techniques
- Behavioural Module: Motivation
- Behavioural Module: Barriers to action
- Behavioural Module: Managing maladaptive thoughts and beliefs
- Behavioural Module: Value clarification
- Behavioural Module: Moving forward
Intervention: Digital intervention through modules (Behavioral)
Waitlist control
Wait-list control group. They do not receive the weekly modules though they are asked to complete 4-week and 8-week online surveys.
They will be allowed to revive the intervention after 8 weeks.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Procrastination: Pure Procrastination Scale (PPS; Rozental, Forsell, et al., 2014)
Time Frame: Baseline, WK4, WK8
measures procrastination by using 12 items to detect and determine dysfunctional delay. The higher the score the more likely the individual is to delay an activity or task
Secondary Outcomes
- Depressive symptoms: Patient health questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) (Kroenke et al., 2008)(Baseline, WK4, WK8)
- Impulsivity: Short form Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (Spinella 2009)(Baseline, WK4, WK8)
- Demographics(Baseline)
- Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire (CPQ) (Fairburn et al., 2003)(Baseline, WK4, WK8)
- Anxiety symptoms: General Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) (Spitzer et al., 2006)(Baseline, WK4, WK8)
- International physical activity questionnaire short form (Lee et al., 2011(Baseline, WK4, WK8)
- Behavioural activation for depression scale (BATDS-SF) (Manos et al., 2011)(Baseline, WK4, WK8)
- Intervention acceptability and appropriateness using the Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM), acceptability of Interventions Measure (AIM) and feasibility of intervention measure(WK4, WK8)
- Usage data from intervention platform (e.g., time spend on modules, completion of worksheets)(Baseline to WK8)
Investigators
Jeffrey Lambert
Dr Jeffrey Lambert
University of Bath