Group metacognitive therapy for repetitive negative thinking: Evaluation in a transdiagnostic adolescent sample
Recruiting
- Conditions
- DepressionAnxietyMental Health - AnxietyMental Health - Depression
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12616000378426
- Lead Sponsor
- Curtin University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 8
Inclusion Criteria
(a) aged 14 to 17 years, (b) a diagnosed anxiety or depressive disorder, (c) clinical levels of RNT (i.e., scores fall above the mean cut-off from normative data) as indicated by scores on the PSWQ-C or Brooding subscale of the RRS
Exclusion Criteria
a) concurrent psychological treatment for their presenting problem, b) moderate-high suicide or self-harm risk, (c) substance addiction, (d) psychotic symptoms (e) medication use that is not closely monitored by a health professional or recent changes in psychiatric medication dose (i.e., within the previous 1 month).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method evel of unhelpful metacognitive beliefs, assessed by the Metacognitions Questionnaire for Children (MCQ-C).[3 baseline assessments in the two weeks prior to the intervention, pre-treatment, at the third treatment session, post treatment, at one and three month follow up.];Level of worry, as assessed by the Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children (PSWQ-C).[3 baseline assessments in the two weeks prior to the intervention, pre-treatment, at the third treatment session, post treatment, at one and three month follow up.];Level of rumination, as measured by the Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS) - brooding subscale. [3 baseline assessments in the two weeks prior to the intervention, pre-treatment, at the third treatment session, post treatment, at one and three month follow up.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method