What Are You Looking for? Psychometric and Experimental Analyses of Reassurance Seeking in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
NCT ID: NCT02909660
Last Updated: 2017-12-12
Study Results
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Basic Information
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TERMINATED
NA
7 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-09-30
2017-11-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The TAU protocol asks participants to make an agreement with their significant others to withhold reassurance when it is sought. It is believed that this behaviourally-based intervention encourages extinction of reassurance seeking over time by eliminating reinforcement of the behaviour by significant others.
The support-seeking intervention asks participants to move towards adaptively seeking support from a significant other to manage anxiety or distress rather than seeking reassurance. Significant others are taught to provide support rather than reassurance. It is believed that support-seeking may reduce reassurance seeking behaviour because it helps participants manage the anxiety or distress that underlies the requests for reassurance without interfering with disconfirmatory learning.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Support-seeking intervention
Cognitive-behavioural therapy intervention that guides participants to seek support rather than reassurance; participants' significant others are asked to provide support rather than reassurance.
Cognitive-behavioural therapy
Empirically-supported psychological intervention for various mental health concerns including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Includes components to foster cognitive (i.e., thinking) and behavioural changes.
Family accommodation reduction intervention
Cognitive-behavioural therapy intervention that guides participants' significant others to withhold reassurance when it is requested; participants are asked to refrain from seeking reassurance.
Cognitive-behavioural therapy
Empirically-supported psychological intervention for various mental health concerns including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Includes components to foster cognitive (i.e., thinking) and behavioural changes.
Interventions
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Cognitive-behavioural therapy
Empirically-supported psychological intervention for various mental health concerns including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Includes components to foster cognitive (i.e., thinking) and behavioural changes.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Engaging in reassurance seeking more than once a day about the same thing
* Willingness to allow the experimenter to contact a significant other from whom the participant seeks reassurance regularly
* Ability to read, write, and communicate in English
Exclusion Criteria
* Current substance abuse
* Psychosis
* Diagnosis of bipolar disorder (I or II)
* If participants are on medication they must be on a stable dose (i.e., have maintained a consistent dose for at least three months) and agree not to change their medication regimen for the duration of the study
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Concordia University, Montreal
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Rachael Neal
Doctoral student
Locations
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Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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30006114
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id