The effectiveness of compassion-based therapy on meta-anxiety, brain behavioral systems and attachment styles of adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder in Bandar Mahshahr city
Determining the effectiveness of compassion-based therapy on meta-anxiety, brain-behavioral systems and attachment styles of adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder in Bandar Mahshahr city.
Design
The clinical trial will have an experimental and control group, not blinded, randomized and will be performed on 30 teenagers.
Settings and conduct
The statistical population of the research includes all adolescents with the age range of 12 to 18 years living in Mahshahr city in 2024.The desired sample will be selected by purposeful sampling. In order to select the participants, first, by referring to the desired center in Mahshahr city, regarding the general water anxiety test to diagnose the general anxiety of adolescents on the volunteers.
30 teenagers will be selected from those whose scores are one standard deviation higher than the average and meet other entry criteria.Then, the selected sample will be assigned to two intervention (experiment) and control groups by simple randomization method.
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Being in the age range of 12 to 18 years-Having pervasive anxiety-Not Suffering from special psychiatric or physical diseases that require the use of drugs or special treatments-Adolescent's conscious desire and her/his parents' consent to participate in the research
Intervention groups
The intervention group (experiment): will be subjected to compassion-based treatment intervention. These sessions are 90 minutes long and will be held two days a week.Intervention group (control): does not receive any intervention.
The effectiveness of compassion-based therapy on meta-anxiety, brain behavioral systems and attachment styles of adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder in Bandar Mahshahr city
Public title
The effectiveness of compassion-based therapy on meta-anxiety, brain behavioral systems and attachment styles of adolescents with generalized anxiety
Purpose
Treatment
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Being in the age range of 12 to 18 years
Having pervasive anxiety
Healthy vision and hearing
Not suffering from specific psychiatric or physical diseases that require the use of drugs or special treatments.
Adolescent's conscious desire and her parents' consent to participate in the research
Exclusion criteria:
Use of any drugs and alcoho
Suffering from physical or psychiatric diseases in a way that interferes with treatment sessions or requires hospitalization or drug therapy.
Being treated with other psychological treatments at the same time
Absence of more than two treatment sessions
Non-cooperation in doing homework and related exercises
Age
From 12 years old to 18 years old
Gender
Both
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size:
30
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
It will do randomization in a simple random way.Participants in the research will be assigned a number through a random number table. Then the intervention (experiment) and control groups will be selected from among them.
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Research Ethics Committees of Islamic Azad University-Behbahan branch
Street address
Behbahan-Amirkabir Blvd.-Islamic Azad University, Behbahan branch
City
Behbahan
Province
Khouzestan
Postal code
6361713198
Approval date
2024-03-12, 1402/12/22
Ethics committee reference number
IR.IAU.BEHBAHAN.REC.1403.006
Health conditions studied
1
Description of health condition studied
Generalized anxiety disorder
ICD-10 code
F41.1
ICD-10 code description
Generalized anxiety disorder
Primary outcomes
1
Description
Meta-anxiety
Timepoint
Before conducting compassion-based therapy sessions, and one day after the sessions.
Method of measurement
Wells Anxiety Questionnaire
2
Description
Brain- behavioral systems
Timepoint
Before conducting compassion-based therapy sessions, and one day after the sessions.
Method of measurement
Carver and White behavioral brain systems questionnaire
Secondary outcomes
1
Description
Attachment styles
Timepoint
Before the compassion-based treatment intervention sessions, then one day after the treatment sessions.
Method of measurement
Collins attachment style questionnaire
Intervention groups
1
Description
Intervention group: For this group, compassion-based treatment training will be implemented based on Gilbert's (2009) therapeutic protocol.These 8 90-minute treatment sessions will be held twice a week.
Category
Behavior
2
Description
Control group: The control group will not receive any intervention.
Category
N/A
Recruitment centers
1
Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
New Thought Mental Health Center
Full name of responsible person
Banafsheh Aghaee
Street address
No. 2-66-10, Sharifi St, intersection of 22 Bahman St, next to Imam Hassan Mojtabi photo center
City
Mahshahr
Province
Khouzestan
Postal code
6351859163
Phone
+98 939 618 4493
Email
fatmhmrty604@gmail
Sponsors / Funding sources
1
Sponsor
Name of organization / entity
Islamic Azad University, Behbahan branch
Full name of responsible person
Ordwan Najafi
Street address
Islamic Azad University, Behbahan branch, Amirkabir Blvd., Behbahan
City
Behbahan
Province
Khouzestan
Postal code
6361713198
Phone
+98 61 5287 0105
Email
behbahan@cms.iau.ir
Grant name
Grant code / Reference number
Is the source of funding the same sponsor organization/entity?
Yes
Title of funding source
Islamic Azad University, Behbahan branch
Proportion provided by this source
100
Public or private sector
Public
Domestic or foreign origin
Domestic
Category of foreign source of funding
empty
Country of origin
Type of organization providing the funding
Academic
Person responsible for general inquiries
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Islamic Azad University, Behbahan branch
Full name of responsible person
Fatemeh Martaei
Position
Master's degree student
Latest degree
Bachelor
Other areas of specialty/work
Psychology
Street address
Islamic Azad University, Behbahan branch, Amirkabir Blvd., Behbahan
City
Behbahan
Province
Khouzestan
Postal code
6361713198
Phone
+98 905 135 0702
Email
fatmhmrty604@gmail.com
Person responsible for scientific inquiries
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Islamic Azad University, Behbahan branch
Full name of responsible person
leila bakhshi sooreshjani
Position
عضو هيات علمي
Latest degree
Ph.D.
Other areas of specialty/work
Psychology
Street address
Islamic Azad University, Behbahan branch, Amirkabir Blvd., Behbahan
City
Behbahan
Province
Khouzestan
Postal code
6361713198
Phone
+98 61 5278 0105
Email
behbahan@cms.iau.ir
Person responsible for updating data
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Islamic Azad University, Behbahan branch
Full name of responsible person
Leila Bakhshi Sooreshjani
Position
Academic faculty member
Latest degree
Ph.D.
Other areas of specialty/work
Psychology
Street address
Islamic Azad University, Behbahan branch, Amirkabir Blvd., Behbahan
City
Behbahan
Province
Khouzestan
Postal code
6361713198
Phone
+98 61 5278 0105
Email
behbahan@cms.iau.ir
Sharing plan
Deidentified Individual Participant Data Set (IPD)
No - There is not a plan to make this available
Justification/reason for indecision/not sharing IPD
Compliance with the principle of confidentiality
Study Protocol
No - There is not a plan to make this available
Statistical Analysis Plan
No - There is not a plan to make this available
Informed Consent Form
Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available