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The Effect of Video-based Testimonials About Psychotherapy on Treatment Expectations and a Short Online Intervention

NCT05826886 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 81

Last updated 2023-11-18

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Summary

Research has shown that treatment expectations play a major role in the course of mental disorders and that positive expectations have a beneficial impact on treatment outcomes. Expectations can develop in different ways and an emerging body of research shows that social learning plays a significant role in this process. To date, most studies have investigated the impact of social learning on treatment expectations in the context of pain relief. Little is known about the impact of social learning in the psychotherapeutic treatment of depression. Therefore, this study investigates whether treatment expectations about depression therapy and treatment effects of a short online intervention can be modulated via social learning, i.e., showing positive treatment testimonials.

Conditions

  • Health Care Utilization

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Emotional Writing

Participants complete four 20-minute sessions of emotional writing (at home) on four consecutive days. Instructions are provided online before each writing session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Philipps University Marburg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Winfried Rief · Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-04
Primary Completion
2023-10-01
Completion
2023-10-01

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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