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Where We All Meet: ACT Approach to Adolescents Anxiety Disorders

NCT05906849 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 87

Last updated 2023-07-14

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Summary

Transdiagnostic approaches have been proposed as more truthfully representing mental health problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a transdiagnostic approach that proposes Psychological Inflexibility/Flexibility (PI/PF) as the root of human suffering/flourishing. ACT has been recognized as conceptually and clinically relevant for adult disorders. However, during adolescence, when anxiety disorders are highly prevalent, the same evidence is scarce. Specifically, methodologically robust designs investigating ACT's efficacy on adolescents' ADs are scarce and mechanisms underlying change during ACT for adolescents with ADs have not been investigated. Therefore, this study aims to adapt, implement, and investigate the efficacy of an online delivered (through videoconference) ACT intervention to adolescents presenting SAD or GAD, thus contributing to amplifying the transdiagnostic application of ACT to these disorders. A Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) with 3 groups (i.e., Control, GAD intervention, and SAD intervention groups) of adolescents aged between 14 and 18 years old will be conducted. Outcome measurement will be assessed at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and at 3- and 6-month follow-ups. The investigators expect improvements in outcome variables (e.g., anxiety symptoms) at post-treatment for intervention groups. When comparing changes in outcome variables between the control and the intervention groups, improvements are expected only in the groups receiving intervention. Additionally, similar effects on outcome measures are expected in both intervention groups with gains being maintained over time (i.e., at 3- and 6-months follow-up). Finally, changes in PI/PF processes are expected to predict changes in outcome variables in both intervention groups. This RCT will provide valuable insights that can potentially enhance the efficacy of treatment modalities, contributing to improved well-being for adolescents with ADs.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ACT for anxiety disorders

A twelve session Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for anxiety disorders, applied individually and remotely (through videoconference) to participants fulfilling inclusion criteria (i.e., participants included in the SAD and GAD Experimental Groups).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Coimbra

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Diana V Figueiredo, M.Sc. · Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), FPCE-UC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-01
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-09-30

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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