Web-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Procrastination

Anadolu University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Mental Health Issue

Treatments: Other: Internet Based Intervention - GUIDED; Other: Internet Based Intervention - WİTHOUT GUİDANCE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06278142

ERTELEME_1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main purpose of this study is to present the development process and project flow of an internet-based self-help intervention programme to reduce the level of procrastination among university students.

Full description

In the process of developing the intervention programme, a literature review on procrastination was review on procrastination and it was found that procrastination is a problem for university students in Turkey and the need for an effective intervention programme was identified intervention programme. The existing evidence on the effectiveness of web-based The existing evidence on the effectiveness of web-based intervention programmes was reviewed in the literature developed to address procrastination. In Turkey, web-based interventions are one of the new areas of research. There is no web-based study on procrastination in the Turkish literature. The ERTELE-ME intervention is an internet-based intervention programme consisting of five modules. The intervention programme is deliveredin a guided or self-guided format. The Google Drive service will be used to deliver themodules to the participants.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• volunteering to participate in the study
• being 18 years of age or older
• being an undergraduate student
• having internet access and an e-mail address with gmail extension
• getting a score above 3.5 points from the Tuckman Procrastination Behaviour Scale, having a score lower than 20 points for the depression sub-dimension, 15 points for the anxiety sub-dimension and 19 points for the stress sub-dimension of the DASS 21 scale (the participant is expected to meet all sub-dimension conditions).

Exclusion criteria

• not being in a psychological help process
• not having any psychiatric diagnosis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

Guided Web-Based Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will use the web-based intervention with guidance support.

Treatment:

Other: Internet Based Intervention - GUIDED

Without Guidance Web-Based Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will use the web-based intervention without guidance support.

Treatment:

Other: Internet Based Intervention - WİTHOUT GUİDANCE

Waitlist

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will have no contact with the study team during the waiting period.