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Online- versus face-to-face-couselling – a comparison addressing procrastination

Online- versus face-to-face-couselling – a comparison addressing procrastination

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00005679
Enrollment
60
Registered
2014-01-28
Start date
2013-03-08
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

procrastination

Interventions

Group 1: online counselling via Skype (one session lasting 1 1/2 hours
follow-up after one week and after 6 months) Group 2: face-to-face counselling (one session lasting 1 1/2 hours
follow-up after one week and after 6 months)

Sponsors

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Abt. Klinische Psychologie
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - enrolled students; - suffering from chronical procrastionation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - suspected severe depression: German version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale CES-D (Hautzinger & Bailer, 2012) --> Cut-off > 22 - suspected attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD: ADHD screening for adults (Schmidt & Petermann, 2009) --> Cut-off > 38

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Procrastination: German version of the Academic Procrastination State Inventory (APSI; Helmke & Schrader, 2000; engl. version: Schouwenburg, 1995); Depression: German Version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (ADS; Hautzinger & Bailer, 2012; engl. version: CES-D; Radloff, 1977); Measuring times: Pre-test, post-test after one week, follow-up after 6 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
German version of the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI; Wilmers, et al., 2008; engl. version: Tracey & Kokotovic, 1989); Impact factors of psychotherapy according to Grawe: Stundenbögen (Flückiger, Regli, Zwahlen, Hostettler, & Caspar, 2010); Client's conception of the counsellor: visual analogue scales; Measuring time: directly after the session; Emotions counting out of the transcripted answers of the client: Inguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC; Pennebaker, Francis, & Booth, 2001; Wolf, et al., 2008)

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAnnika Gieselmann

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Abt. Klinische Psychologie

Annika.Gieselmann@uni-duesseldorf.de+49 211 81-10584

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026