Clinical trial NCT06278142: Web-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Procrastination
Official title: Development of a Web-Based Self-Help System for Reducing Procrastination Based on Cognitive Behavioural Approach: Procrastinate
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Health Issue
Keywords: Web-based intervention
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Procrastination
Lead sponsor: Anadolu University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-02-26
Enrollment: 45
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Tuckman Procrastination Behaviour Scale
timeFrame: Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)
measure: Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire
timeFrame: Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)
measure: Time Management Scale
timeFrame: Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)
measure: Attitude Scale for Internet-Based Interventions
timeFrame: Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21)
timeFrame: Time Frame: Pre-test, post-test (5 weeks later from pre-test), follow up (10 weeks later from pre-test)
Other outcomes:
measure: Sociodemographic Information Form
timeFrame: [Time Frame: Pre-test]
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