Internet-based UP-A intervention on treatment of stress, anxiety, depression, and psychological flexibility among adolescents with sub-clinical diagnosis of emotional disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: a clinical trial

This clinical trial aims to assess the effectiveness of internet-based Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Adolescents (UP-A) during the COVID-19 pandemic in reducing stress, anxiety, and depression, and psychological flexibility. 40 adolescents with subclinical...

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Published in:BMC Psychology 2024-10, Vol.12 (1), p.526-9, Article 526
Main Authors: Javadi, Vahideh, Ahmadi, Farzaneh, Ebrahimi, Leila Salek, Dadashi, Mohsen, Mousavi, Seyedeh Elnaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent psychopathology
Adolescents
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Anxiety - therapy
Behavior therapy
Behavioral health care
Care and treatment
Clinical trials
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - methods
Cognitive therapy
COVID-19
COVID-19 - psychology
Depression
Depression - diagnosis
Depression - psychology
Depression - therapy
Diagnosis
Epidemics
Evidence-based medicine
Female
Humans
Internet
Internet-Based Intervention
Iran
Male
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Methods
Online therapy
Psychological aspects
Psychological flexibility
Stress in children
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Stress, Psychological - therapy
Technology application
Telemedicine
Transdiagnostic therapy, anxiety
Type 2 diabetes
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Summary:This clinical trial aims to assess the effectiveness of internet-based Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Adolescents (UP-A) during the COVID-19 pandemic in reducing stress, anxiety, and depression, and psychological flexibility. 40 adolescents with subclinical features of emotional disorder randomly divided into two groups of intervention and control. The participants first completed DASS-21 and AAQ-2 questionnare online. Then, the intervention group received 12 sessions of UP-A through video calls on WhatsApp, 2 days per week each for 45 min. UP-A is an emotion-focused, cognitive-behavioral therapy consisting of 5 core modules or components that target temperamental characteristics, particularly neuroticism and resulting emotion dysregulation. Eventually the stress, anxiety, and depression levels decreased in intervention group and their psychological flexibility increased immediately and 3 months after the intervention. Clinical trial registration This study was registered by Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (Prospective, ID: IRCT20210428051113N1, Registration date: 14/06/2021; https://en.irct.ir/trial/55900 ).
ISSN:2050-7283
2050-7283
DOI:10.1186/s40359-024-01735-4