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Treating Self-criticism in Adolescents: a Study With Single-case Experimental Design

R

Region Östergötland

Status

Completed

Conditions

Depressive Symptoms
Nonsuicidal Self Injury
Self-Criticism
Adolescent Problem Behavior
Adolescent - Emotional Problem
Anxiety

Treatments

Behavioral: Treating self-criticism

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05247190
2021-04939

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this pilot study, the effect of a group intervention targeting self-criticism in adolescents in a clinical child- and adolescent psychiatric outpatient setting will be examined using a single-case experimental design (AB). Participants will be randomized to multiple baseline with weekly measures. Our primary outcomes, measured weekly, are self-criticism, nonsuicidal self-injury and symptoms of depression and anxiety, as well as an individually chosen behavior driven by self-criticism. Secondary outcomes are self-compassion, psychological flexibility, quality of life and functioning. In addition to the weekly administered questionnaires, before and after measures, and 3- and 6-month follow-up will be collected. After the treatment, participants will also be interviewed about their experiences of targeting self-criticism.

Enrollment

19 patients

Sex

All

Ages

15 to 18 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient at the child- and adolescent psychiatric clinic in Linköping, Sweden.
  • 15 to 18 years
  • an adequate understanding of the Swedish language
  • cognitively capable of giving informed consent
  • scoring 26 or above on subscale "Inadequate self" and 8.5 or above on subscale "Hated Self" on questionnaire Forms of Self-Criticism and Self-Reassuring Scale (FSCRS)
  • the treatment is transdiagnostic so all diagnoses are included (See exclusion criteria for exceptions).

Exclusion criteria

  • severe anorexia, BMI ≤ 16
  • ongoing substance abuse
  • diagnosed intellectual disability
  • needing interpreter for translation of Swedish language
  • participants who cannot give informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

19 participants in 1 patient group

Treating self-criticism
Experimental group
Description:
8-session group intervention targeting self-criticism given 2-hrs/week with booster session after 3-months.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Treating self-criticism

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Peter Thunström, M.Sc; Maria Zetterqvist, PhD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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