Cognitive Bias Modification for Perfectionism and Intolerance to Uncertainty

NCT04843228 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 13630784
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 54
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will examine the impact of cognitive bias modification (CBM) on perfectionism and intolerance to uncertainty. Undergraduate students will be recruited and randomly assigned to either experimental or placebo-control groups. Each group will attend four sessions of CBM over four weeks.

Conditions

Perfectionism; Intolerance to Uncertainty

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Brief Symptom Measure

  Psychiatric symptomatology will be assessed with Brief Symptom Measure consists of 25 items scored 1-7. Greater score means greater severity.

  Weeks 0, 4, 8

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Change in Interpretation bias for perfectionism

  Weeks 0, 4

• Change in Interpretation bias for intolerance to uncertainty

  Weeks 0, 4

• Change in Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale

  Weeks 0, 4, 8

• Change in Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale

  Weeks 0, 4, 8

• Change in Cognitive-Behavioral Avoidance Scale

  Weeks 0, 4, 8

Study Arms (2)

Active Cognitive Bias Modification Group

EXPERIMENTAL

This group of participants will receive 4 sessions of CBM targeting their interpretation biases for perfectionism and intolerance to uncertainty.

Behavioral: Cognitive Bias Modification

Placebo-Control Cognitive Bias Modification Group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

This group of participants will receive 4 sessions of inactive CBM.

Behavioral: Cognitive Bias Modification for Control Group

Interventions

Cognitive Bias Modification BEHAVIORAL

There will be four sessions of CBM. Each session will consist of two different part. The first part of the intervention will be the training based on the ambiguous scenario paradigm for perfectionism developed by Dodd (2019). Participants will need to complete word fragments in the last part of the scenario to resolve the ambiguity of the scenario. Then, a comprehension question will be presented to them to underscore the interpretation condition. Feedback will be given after each question. For the second part of the intervention aimed to intervene intolerance to uncertainty, word sentence association paradigm for intolerance to uncertainty developed by Oglesby (2017) will be used. In this intervention, participants will be asked to judge the relatedness of words and sentences which will be presented to them. Feedback will be given after each word-sentence.

Active Cognitive Bias Modification Group

Cognitive Bias Modification for Control Group BEHAVIORAL

For the first part of the intervention, the control group will be presented with the same procedures as the active group; however, feedbacks will be given to resolve the scenarios in a neutral way. When it comes to the second part of the intervention, different word-sentence pairings will be presented to the control group.

Placebo-Control Cognitive Bias Modification Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Older than 18 years old
• Have a score of \>70.5 in Brief Symptom Measure
• Being an undergraduate student
• Fluent in Turkish
• Access to the internet by computer

You may not qualify if:

• Having any psychiatric disorder
• Receiving a psychiatric/psychological treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts, 01854, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Control Groups

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER
• Masking Details: Participants will be blinded to their assigned condition. They will have ID numbers created by random.org which will allow the care provider to be blinded to the assigned conditions of participants.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MA

Model Details: Condition 1: Cognitive Bias Modification for active group Condition 2: Cognitive Bias Modification for control group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 9, 2021
• First Posted: April 13, 2021
• Study Start: March 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2021
• Study Completion: July 15, 2021
• Last Updated: August 26, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)