The Efficacy of Online Brief Positive Cognitive Behavior Therapy Compared to Traditional Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Babes-Bolyai University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Performance; Emotional Distress; Well-Being, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: Traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Behavioral: Positive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06436521

MDStudy

Details and patient eligibility

About

Positive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (P-CBT) has emerged as the fourth Cognitive Behavioral Therapy waive, based on critiques brought to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for being grounded in the deficit-based medical model. The study aim to identify which of the two Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approaches, Positive or Traditional, is more effective in a brief format in terms of improving emotional state, attaining goals, and changing attitudes in young adults.

Full description

This study is a randomized controlled trial that aims to explore the effectiveness of two Cognitive Behavioral approaches: Positive and Traditional, in terms of improving emotional state, attaining goals, and changing attitudes in young adults. Thirty-eight participants divided into two groups, received four therapy sessions for four weeks. The outcomes were measured four times: pre-, mid- (after two sessions), post-intervention (after four sessions), and at two-month follow-up.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Students in the master's program in psychology

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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38 participants in 2 patient groups

Positive CBT (P-CBT)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received P-CBT intervention after a standard protocol. The intervention used Solution-focused questioning.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Positive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Traditional CBT (T-CBT)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received T-CBT intervention after a standard protocol. The intervention used Problem-solving questioning.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy