None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The current study aims are: 1) to determine the efficacy of ACT wherever they are to reduce anxiety and improve valued living for adolescents with anxiety; 2) to identify the level of program intensity (therapist support) required to achieve positive program outcomes; 3) to determine the mechanisms of change surrounding the intervention that are critical to program outcomes; and 4) to determine consumer acceptability, satisfaction, and geographical reach of an assisted online self-help mode of delivery. t is hypothesised that 1) adolescents who receive the ACT online program will show greater improvements in anxiety and valued than adolescents in the active control group; 2) adolescents who receive the ACT online program plus telephone support will show greater improvements in anxiety and valued living than adolescents who receive both ACT and control online self-help programs; and 3) that the mechanisms of change for the ACT conditions will be increased post intervention psychological flexibility and mindfulness.
Interventions
The ACT online assisted self-help online intervention will comprise 2 components: 1) working through weekly material from the ACT adolescent self-help book, Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life for Teens: A guide to living an extraordinary life. Content includes, normalisation of anxiety, acceptance of emotions, defusion of thoughts, developing self awareness, mindfulness, and valued action; and 2) an online platform that will contain video, audio and reading material, weekly comments and pro
The ACT online assisted self-help online intervention will comprise 2 components: 1) working through weekly material from the ACT adolescent self-help book, Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life for Teens: A guide to living an extraordinary life. Content includes, normalisation of anxiety, acceptance of emotions, defusion of thoughts, developing self awareness, mindfulness, and valued action; and 2) an online platform that will contain video, audio and reading material, weekly comments and prompts from therapists, with the ability for participants to receive and send private messages to therapists. There will be 2 ACT treatment arms. The first will be the online self-help program described. The second ACT condition will receive the same two components as Condition A, plus five additional telephone support sessions with a trained ACT therapist to support their use of the program (an initial 30-minute introductory call at the start of the study, and four 10-minute fortnightly support telephone calls). The approximate time commitment is 1 hour per week over an 8 week intervention period.
Sponsors
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, the University of Melbourne
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
14 Years to 20 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Sub-clinical levels of anxiety The ability to understand spoken and written English Access to a computer with broadband Internet connection
Exclusion criteria
Active suicidality, intellectual disability, illicit substance use
Outcome results
None listed