Efficacy of Coherence Therapy for Procrastination (CTFORPRO)

University of Barcelona

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Procrastination

Treatments: Behavioral: Coherence Therapy; Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02058797

CTprocrast

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of Coherence Therapy in treating procrastination. For that, this intervention is compared to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy which was already proved to be efficacious in treating this problem. The method used is a randomized controlled trial.

Full description

Procrastination is a recognized difficulty that entails negative outcomes regarding performance and subjective well-being. In order to find effective treatments for procrastination, the present study wants to test the efficacy of Coherence Therapy, compared with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Procrastination, negative emotional states and cognitive structure will be assessed in pre-treatment and post-treatment evaluation. A total of 30 students will be randomly assigned to Coherence Therapy (n=15) or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (n=15). In both forms of treatment students will receive three weekly sessions and one more session six to seven weeks after the third session. The treatment will be provided by trained psychotherapists. Findings would clarify the effectiveness of Coherence Therapy for the treatment of procrastination and the change of emotional states and cognitive structure of the students after the treatment.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 26 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a student
• 19-26 years old
• A score above 51 on the General Procrastination Scale

Exclusion criteria

• Being currently under a psychological treatment
• Being diagnosed lately with any mental disorder
• Mental retardation
• Substantial visual, hearing or cognitive deficits
• Psychotic symptoms
• Organic brain dysfunction

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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31 participants in 2 patient groups

Coherence Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Individual treatment with Coherence Therapy: three one-hour sessions + one booster session.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Coherence Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Individual treatment with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: three one-hour sessions + one booster session.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy