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Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to investigate if completing an online program for perfectionism reduces symptoms of perfectionism, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and non-suicidal self-injury, and increases well-being in adolescents. It is expected that adolescents who do the online program will have greater reductions in perfectionism, symptoms of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and non-suicidal self-injury, and increases in well-being than adolescents not doing the program. It is also expected that the symptoms will remain reduced 3 and 6 months after the program finishes. Participants will be randomised into one of two groups; the online program for perfectionism group or a waitlist control group. Those in the online program for perfectionism group will be given access to the online program where they will log in once a week for eight weeks (8 modules in total). The program is based on the second edition of the book "Overcoming Perfectionism: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques" (Shafran, Egan, & Wade, 2018). Participants doing the online program for perfectionism will submit one homework sheet for each module and will receive brief personalised feedback on their work. Participants in the waitlist control group will be given the option to complete the program once data collection has finished.
Interventions
The intervention is called 'Overcoming Perfectionism' and is based on the second edition of the book 'Overcoming perfectionism: a self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques' (Shafran, Egan, & Wade, 2018). The intervention is delivered through the website www.overcomingperfectionism.com.au, and participants randomised into the intervention group will log on once a week for 8-weeks to complete a total of 8-modules of cognitive-behavioural therapy for perfectionism (one module a week).
The intervention is called 'Overcoming Perfectionism' and is based on the second edition of the book 'Overcoming perfectionism: a self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques' (Shafran, Egan, & Wade, 2018). The intervention is delivered through the website www.overcomingperfectionism.com.au, and participants randomised into the intervention group will log on once a week for 8-weeks to complete a total of 8-modules of cognitive-behavioural therapy for perfectionism (one module a week). Each module will take participants 30-60 minutes to complete and includes reading text, short quizzes, listening to audio examples, and completing activities in the form of tables. The intervention will be guided in that participants will receive brief and personalised weekly feedback on completed homework tasks. This feedback will take approximately 5-minutes for each participant. For the homework tasks we will ask participants to complete one blank worksheet per module that is related to the content for that week. Each homework sheet is one page and includes a blank table for participants to fill in using their own examples. Each homework sheet will take approximately 15-30 minutes to complete (included in the module completion time). The topics for the homework tasks are: - Module 1: Identifying rewards of perfectionism - Module 2: Drawing personalised perfectionism cycle - Module 3: Identifying perfectionistic thoughts, feelings, and behaviours - Module 4: Finding out facts about perfectionism by conducting a survey - Module 5: Designing and conducting a behavioural experiment - Module 6: Challenging unhelpful thinking - Module 7: Identifying perfectionistic thoughts and procrastination behaviours - Module 8: Identifying self-critical voice In order to monitor adherence to the intervention participants will be asked to complete the Feedback Questionnaire which is a 4-item measure of compliance in completing the modules.
Sponsors
Curtin University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
13 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Aged 13- to 18-years old currently residing in Australia.
Exclusion criteria
Given the self-guided nature of the intervention, it is not appropriate for individuals at high risk of suicide to participate. Risk of suicide will be assessed using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (Posner, 2008), and individuals with scores of 4 or higher (indicating active suicidal ideation with some intent to act on these thoughts) will be excluded from the study.
Outcome results
None listed