Effectiveness Controlled Study of an Online Group Treatment Program for Cybersex Addiction /Online Sexual Compulsivity (ADISEX)

Universitat Jaume I

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Cybersex Addiction; Sexual Compulsive Behavior Disorder; Online Compulsive Sexual Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Online Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Behavioral: Online Individual Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07102303

CD/13/2022

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to study the effectiveness of an online group therapy to treat people with cybersex addiction or online sexual compulsivity. It will compare group therapy to individual therapy. It uses cognitive behavioral therapy, a therapy that aims to change thoughts and behaviors. In this case, the therapy will train participants in coping strategies that allow them to control their sexual impulses. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Is online group therapy effective to treat cybersex addiction/online sexual compulsivity? How does group therapy compare to individual therapy?

Researchers will compare the results of participants in group therapy to those in individual therapy and those who receive no treatment.

Participants will:

Attend evaluation sessions Attend therapy sessions once per week for 12 weeks Keep a weekly diary of their sexual behavior Complete follow-up surveys 1 week, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months after treatment

Enrollment: 86 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• online sexual compulsive behaviors, and may or may not also have other offline sexual compulsive behaviors
• any gender or sexual orientation
• minimum score of 9-18 points on the Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST) of Delmonico (1997) in the Spanish adaptation of Ballester, Gil, Gómez and Gil (2010)

Exclusion criteria

• coocurrence of psychotic symptoms, cognitive impairment, or other serious mental conditions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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86 participants in 3 patient groups

Group Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

12 session group CBT treament

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Wait List Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Wait list control, 3 months on wait list with no treatment

Individual Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

12 session CBT treament

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online Individual Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)