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Self-control and Body-focused Repetitive Behaviors

NCT04455152 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2022-11-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Web-based self-help could work well to disseminate behavior therapies for body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB) such as hair pulling and skin picking. Previous research suggests that this method works well for people who use the program a great deal, but many participants do not. Adhering frequently to a BFRB self-help program requires self-control because the costs occur immediately (time, trouble, possible boredom), whereas the benefits (reduced symptoms) are realized later.

This study will test whether two weeks of practice of a self-control exercise (avoiding consumption of sweet foods), compared to wait list, will increase adherence during a subsequent 10-week trial of BFRB self-help.

Conditions

  • Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder)
  • Skin-Picking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

self-control

avoiding eating sweets as a way of building self-control strength

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-06-30
Primary Completion
2022-11-04
Completion
2022-11-04

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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