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The effectiveness of anxiety-regulation short-term dynamic psychotherapy(STDP) on defense styles and emotional expressiveness in social phobia patients

Protocol summary

Summary
Introduction: this study is conducted to investigating The effectiveness of anxiety-regulation short-term dynamic psychotherapy(STDP) on defense styles and emotional expressiveness in social phobia patients. Method: This project is a kind of multiple – baseline experimental single case study (Kazdin, 1992). Sample includes six cases and they are selected based on purposeful sampling. This intervention is conducted based on McCullough's manual for short term dynamic psychotherapy. McCullough's short term dynamic psychotherapy was prepared for restructuring defences, affects and attachments (McCullough. 1997). In general, this study have three phases. The first phase is baseline evaluation, the second phase is intervention and the third phase is three months of follow up. Intervention includes 20 weekly therapeutic sessions (each session 45 minutes) based on the manual. Instruments in this research are Defense Style Questionnaire(DSQ),Emotional Expressiveness ##Questionnaire (EEQ),social phobia inventory(SPIN), Global Assessment Function(GAF) of DSM-IV. Two methods, clinical significance and recovery percent formula are used for data analysis. When individual's scores in target problems decreased to the normal level, it concluded that results clinically are significant. In other words, individual's scores in inventories must decrease below the cut-off point to be consider clinically significant. Recovery percent formula is one of the methods to assess client's progress in decreasing target problems. More than 50% recovery in results is considered clinically significant (kazdin, 1992). Key words: social phobia syndrome,defense styles, emotional expressiveness, short term dynamic psychotherapy.

General information

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IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number: IRCT2013012212237N1
Registration date: 2013-01-27, 1391/11/08
Registration timing: retrospective

Last update:
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Registration date
2013-01-27, 1391/11/08
Registrant information
Name
Mostafa Mahmoudi Ghehsareh
Name of organization / entity
Raha counseling center
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 31 3663 6684
Email address
mstfmahmoudi@yahoo.com
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Expected recruitment start date
2012-11-07, 1391/08/17
Expected recruitment end date
2013-01-06, 1391/10/17
Actual recruitment start date
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Actual recruitment end date
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Trial completion date
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Scientific title
The effectiveness of anxiety-regulation short-term dynamic psychotherapy(STDP) on defense styles and emotional expressiveness in social phobia patients
Public title
The effectiveness of anxiety-regulation short-term dynamic psychotherapy(STDP) on defense styles and emotional expressiveness in social phobia patients
Purpose
Treatment
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria were: 1) 20 – 30 years old; 2) Global assessment function scale (GAF) scores between 50 – 61 and 3) no medication or any form of therapy. Exclusion criteria were: serious clinical syndromes or personality disorders (such as psychosis, Bipolar disorder or Borderline Personality Disorder)
Age
From 22 years old to 30 years old
Gender
Male
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size: 6
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
N/A
Randomization description
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Single
Other design features

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Ethics committees

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Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Faculty of Psychology;Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Street address
Azadi Square
City
Mashhad
Postal code
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Approval date
2012-11-06, 1391/08/16
Ethics committee reference number
3765

Health conditions studied

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Description of health condition studied
social phobia
ICD-10 code
F40.1
ICD-10 code description
social phobias

Primary outcomes

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Description
Defense styles
Timepoint
4 weeks and 2 weeks before intervetion. 1th session, 5th session, 10th session, 15th session, 20th session of intervention. one and three months after intervention
Method of measurement
Defense Style Questionnaire(DSQ)

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Description
social phobia
Timepoint
4 weeks and 2 weeks before intervetion. 1th session, 5th session, 10th session, 15th session, 20th session of intervention. one and three months after intervention
Method of measurement
social phobia inventory(SPIN)

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Description
Emotional Expressiveness
Timepoint
4 weeks and 2 weeks before intervetion. 1th session, 5th session, 10th session, 15th session, 20th session of intervention. one and three months after intervention
Method of measurement
Emotional Expressiveness ##Questionnaire (EEQ)

Secondary outcomes

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Description
Global assessment function scale score (GAF) of DSM-IV
Timepoint
one month before interventin, 1th session and 20th session of intervention, three month after intervention
Method of measurement
Global assessment function scale(GAF) of DSM-IV

Intervention groups

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Description
The effectiveness of anxiety-regulation short-term dynamic psychotherapy(STDP) confirmed on 6 social phobia patient.; psychotherapy intervention group received 20 sessions. Individual psychotherapy sessions were held twice per week, each session lasting 45 minutes. Psychodynamic interventions were performed based on McCullough’s treatment Manual(2003). This type of treatment was composed of three main parts: defenses restructuring, affect restructuring and restructuring of sense of self/others(1997). also This project is a kind of multiple – baseline experimental single case study (Kazdin, 1992). In general, this study includes three stages, the first stage is baseline evaluation, the second is intervention and the third is three months follow up.
Category
Other

Recruitment centers

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Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Psychological & counseling clinic
Full name of responsible person
Dr zahra Tabibi
Street address
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
City
Mashhad

Sponsors / Funding sources

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Sponsor
Name of organization / entity
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Full name of responsible person
Bakhtiar Shabani Varaki (Ph.D)
Street address
Vice chancellor for Research,Ferdowsi University of Mashhad,Azadi Square,
City
Mashhad
Grant name
Grant code / Reference number
Is the source of funding the same sponsor organization/entity?
Yes
Title of funding source
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Proportion provided by this source
100
Public or private sector
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Domestic or foreign origin
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Category of foreign source of funding
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Country of origin
Type of organization providing the funding
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Person responsible for general inquiries

Contact
Name of organization / entity
Faculty of Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Full name of responsible person
Mostafa Mahmoudi Ghehsareh
Position
Graduate student
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
Azadi Square
City
Mashhad
Postal code
Phone
+98 51 1880 3000
Fax
Email
mstfmahmoudi@yahoo.com
Web page address

Person responsible for scientific inquiries

Contact
Name of organization / entity
Faculty of Psychology; Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Full name of responsible person
Mostafa Mahmoudi Ghehsareh
Position
Graduate student
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
Azadi Square
City
Mashhad
Postal code
Phone
+98 51 1880 3000
Fax
Email
mstfmahmoudi@yahoo.com
Web page address

Person responsible for updating data

Contact
Name of organization / entity
Faculty of Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Full name of responsible person
Mostafa Mahmoudi Ghehsareh
Position
Graduate student
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
Azadi Square
City
Mashhad
Postal code
Phone
+98 51 1880 3000
Fax
Email
mstfmahmoudi@yahoo.com
Web page address

Sharing plan

Deidentified Individual Participant Data Set (IPD)
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Study Protocol
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Statistical Analysis Plan
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Informed Consent Form
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Clinical Study Report
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Analytic Code
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Data Dictionary
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