Multi-session, Personalized Cognitive Bias Modification for Thought-Action-Fusion
NCT ID: NCT06731426
Last Updated: 2024-12-12
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
84 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-04-18
2026-05-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Cognitive Bias Modification for Thought-Action-Fusion (CBM-TAF)
CBM-TAF will employ an ambiguous sentence-completion task, where participants have to fill in a missing letter in a fragmented word and resolve emotional ambiguity of a given scenario. At the beginning of each training session, participants will watch a brief animated video about TAF, OCD, and modifying TAF. Each training session will consist of 40 scenarios, which will take about 20 minutes to complete. There will be a total of 6 sessions (2x/week for 3 weeks).
CBM-TAF
CBM-TAF aims to modify TAF by training participants to adopt an interpretation style that is inconsistent with TAF (i.e., having unwanted thoughts is not morally equivalent to acting upon them and/or having unwanted thoughts does not increase the likelihood of feared events happening in real life). To personalize the training, CBM-TAF is designed to address 4 subtypes of OCD (as defined by Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale; Abramowitz et al., 2010), each of which targets either TAF-moral or TAF-likelihood. Participants will indicate two OCD subtypes that are most relevant to their experiences and only complete scenarios that correspond to their chosen subtypes. For each scenario, participants are instructed to enter a missing letter in a fragmented word and resolve its emotional ambiguity. After then, participants will answer a True/False question related to the given scenario to verify their comprehension and consolidate their acquisition of healthier interpretation style.
Cognitive Bias Modification for Stress Management Psychoeducation (CBM-SMP)
Similar to CBM-TAF, CBM-SMP will employ an ambiguous sentence-completion task, where participants have to fill in a missing letter in a fragmented word. However, the content of scenarios in CBM-SMP will focus on general stress management techniques. At the beginning of each training session, participants will watch a brief animated video about OCD and stress management techniques. Each training session will consist of 40 scenarios, which will take about 20 minutes to complete. There will be a total of 6 sessions (2x/week for 3 weeks).
CBM-SMP
CBM-SMP is a comparable intervention to CBM-TAF (Siwiec et al., 2023), which aims to provide general education about stress and stress management techniques. It is identical to CBM-TAF in terms of its administration, except for the content of scenarios included in training sessions. For each scenario, participants are instructed to enter a missing letter in a fragmented word. After then, participants will answer a True/False question related to the given scenario in order to verify their comprehension.
Waitlist (WL)
Participants in WL group will only complete weekly assessment measures without engaging in any training sessions.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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CBM-TAF
CBM-TAF aims to modify TAF by training participants to adopt an interpretation style that is inconsistent with TAF (i.e., having unwanted thoughts is not morally equivalent to acting upon them and/or having unwanted thoughts does not increase the likelihood of feared events happening in real life). To personalize the training, CBM-TAF is designed to address 4 subtypes of OCD (as defined by Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale; Abramowitz et al., 2010), each of which targets either TAF-moral or TAF-likelihood. Participants will indicate two OCD subtypes that are most relevant to their experiences and only complete scenarios that correspond to their chosen subtypes. For each scenario, participants are instructed to enter a missing letter in a fragmented word and resolve its emotional ambiguity. After then, participants will answer a True/False question related to the given scenario to verify their comprehension and consolidate their acquisition of healthier interpretation style.
CBM-SMP
CBM-SMP is a comparable intervention to CBM-TAF (Siwiec et al., 2023), which aims to provide general education about stress and stress management techniques. It is identical to CBM-TAF in terms of its administration, except for the content of scenarios included in training sessions. For each scenario, participants are instructed to enter a missing letter in a fragmented word. After then, participants will answer a True/False question related to the given scenario in order to verify their comprehension.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Aged 18 or higher
* Access to a mobile device (i.e., smartphone)
Exclusion Criteria
* Self-reported history of a bipolar disorder or psychotic disorder on a Diagnostic History Scale (DHS)
* Inability to adequately understand the study procedure as determined by the responses to comprehension questions provided at the time of the consent
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Psi Chi
OTHER
Han Joo Lee
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Han Joo Lee
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Hanjoo Lee, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Locations
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UWM Anxiety Disorders Laboratory
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Hanjoo Lee, PhD
Role: primary
Minjee Kook, BA
Role: backup
Hanjoo Lee, Ph.D.
Role: backup
References
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Mathews A, Mackintosh B. Induced emotional interpretation bias and anxiety. J Abnorm Psychol. 2000 Nov;109(4):602-15.
Abramowitz JS, Deacon BJ, Olatunji BO, Wheaton MG, Berman NC, Losardo D, Timpano KR, McGrath PB, Riemann BC, Adams T, Bjorgvinsson T, Storch EA, Hale LR. Assessment of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions: development and evaluation of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Psychol Assess. 2010 Mar;22(1):180-98. doi: 10.1037/a0018260.
Lovibond PF, Lovibond SH. The structure of negative emotional states: comparison of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) with the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories. Behav Res Ther. 1995 Mar;33(3):335-43. doi: 10.1016/0005-7967(94)00075-u.
Shafran R, Thordarson DS, Rachman S. Thought-action fusion in obsessive compulsive disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 1996; 10(5), 379-391.
Siwiec S, Bodhy S, Lotfi S, Lee, HJ. Cognitive bias modification for thought-action fusion: A placebo-controlled randomized experimental trial. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. 2023; 37, 100787.
Other Identifiers
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UWM 24.060
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id