Clinical trial NCT06436521: The Efficacy of Online Brief Positive Cognitive Behavior Therapy Compared to Traditional Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Official title: The Efficacy of Online Brief Positive Cognitive Behavior Therapy Compared to Traditional Cognitive Behavior Therapy on Improving Well-Being and Goal Attainment in Young Adults
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Emotional Distress
Well-Being, Psychological
Performance
Keywords: Solution-focused
Problem-solving
Positive CBT
Traditional CBT
Well-being
Lead sponsor: Babes-Bolyai University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-05-31
Enrollment: 38
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Participants were assigned to one approach: Positive CBT or Traditional CBT, through simple randomization.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Students in the master's program in psychology

Exclusion Criteria:

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Distress
timeFrame: Baseline, pre-intervention; in the middle of intervention, after 2 sessions (2 weeks); immediately after the intervention (4 weeks); 2 month.
measure: Positive Emotions
timeFrame: Baseline, pre-intervention; in the middle of intervention, after 2 sessions (2 weeks); immediately after the intervention (4 weeks); 2 month.
measure: Performance
timeFrame: Baseline, pre-intervention; in the middle of intervention, after 2 sessions (2 weeks); immediately after the intervention (4 weeks); 2 months.
measure: Attitude towards problems
timeFrame: Baseline, pre-intervention; in the middle of intervention, after 2 sessions (2 weeks); immediately after the intervention (4 weeks); 2 months.
measure: Attitude towards goals
timeFrame: Baseline, pre-intervention; in the middle of intervention, after 2 sessions (2 weeks); immediately after the intervention (4 weeks); 2 months.
measure: Attitude towards resources
timeFrame: Baseline, pre-intervention; in the middle of intervention, after 2 sessions (2 weeks); immediately after the intervention (4 weeks); 2 months.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cluj-Napoca
country: Romania
facility: Departement of Clinical Psychology and and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University
state: Cluj
Study officials:
affiliation: Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
name: Loana T Comsa, Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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