A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Exposure-Based Treatment for Perfectionism

Florida State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Perfectionism

Treatments: Behavioral: Exposure-Based Treatment for Perfectionism; Behavioral: Stress Management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05351710

STUDY00003084

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is examining the efficacy of a computerized, exposure-based, intervention for perfectionism.

Full description

The aim of this study is to further test the efficacy of a short-term, computerized exposure-based treatment for perfectionism (ETP) by comparing it to a stress management condition. ETP consists of three tasks in which participants will repeatedly make mistakes during eight sessions over a two-week period (one session every 2 days).

Enrollment: 85 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Score of at least 29 on the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale- Concern over Mistakes subscale

Exclusion criteria

• Currently participating in psychotherapy
• Any changes to psychotropic medications in the past four weeks

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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85 participants in 2 patient groups

Exposure-Based Treatment for Perfectionism

Experimental group

Description:

This arm consists of a 2-week computerized, exposure-based intervention. Treatment sessions are completed every 2 days at home (8 treatment sessions total).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exposure-Based Treatment for Perfectionism

Stress Management Condition

Active Comparator group

Description:

This arm consists of a 2-week, computerized, stress-management condition in which participants watch videos of health habits (e.g., nutrition, exercise, sleep) and relaxation videos. These sessions are completed every 2 days at home (8 sessions total).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Stress Management