Brief behavioral therapeutic intervention for reducing depersonalization during exams in test anxiety

Brief behavioral therapeutic intervention for reducing depersonalization during exams in test anxiety - KURD

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00010190

Enrollment

Registered

2016-03-22

Start date

2016-04-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Depersonalisation in test anxiety F40.2

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: students and trainees who receive a brief behavioral therapeutic intervention (1/2 day, behavioral therapeutic group training consisting of psychoeducation, interoceptive

von Dawans, Kirschbaum, & Heinrichs, 2011). Dates are collected before and after the intervention, during and after the TSST-G and after a real exam in context of the participant’s studies/training.

von Dawans, Kirschbaum, & Heinrichs, 2011). Dates are collected before and after the waiting period, during and after the TSST-G and after a real exam in context of the participant’s studies/training.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Test anxiety (cut-off percentile ranks > 75 in test anxiety questionnaire; Hodapp, Rohrmann, & Ringeisen, 2011), min. 1 Item in the retrospective survey for the last exam with the adapted version of the German Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (Hoyer, Braeuer, Crawcour, Klumbies, & Kirschbaum, 2013) in the field of high intensity (> 66) and an average value of min. 20 in the scale, the depersonalization during examination situations is experienced as unpleasant, annoying or alienating (newly created items)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: dissociative disorder, addictive disorders (except nicotine) , psychotic disorder, Borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, severe depressive episode, heart disease, epilepsy, migraine, pregnancy, current psychotherapeutic or psychiatric treatment, average consumption of more than 10 cigarettes per day

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Significant difference between the intervention and of the waitlist control group in the reported severity of experienced depersonalization during the Trier Social Stress Test for groups (TSST-G; von Dawans, Kirschbaum, & Heinrichs, 2011), measured with the adapted version of the German Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (original: Sierra, 2000; German version: adapted version: Michal et al, 2004; Hoyer, Braeuer, Crawcour, Klumbies, & Kirschbaum 2013) directly after the TSST-G.	—

Measure

Time frame

Significant difference between the intervention and of the waitlist control group in the reported severity of experienced depersonalization during the Trier Social Stress Test for groups (TSST-G; von Dawans, Kirschbaum, & Heinrichs, 2011), measured with the adapted version of the German Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (original: Sierra, 2000; German version: adapted version: Michal et al, 2004; Hoyer, Braeuer, Crawcour, Klumbies, & Kirschbaum 2013) directly after the TSST-G.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Significant difference between the intervention and of the waitlist control group in the situational cognitive assessment at the beginning of the Trier Social Stress Test in groups (TSST-G; von Dawans, Kirschbaum, & Heinrichs, 2011), as measured by the Primary appraisal Secondary-Appraisal Questionnaire (Gaab et al, 2005), in the heart rate variability during the performance of TSST-G and the reported level of experienced anxiety, measured with the state scale of the State-Trait anxiety inventory (German version: Laux, Glanzmann, Schaffner, & Spielberger, 1981) immediately after the TSST-G.	—

Measure

Time frame

Significant difference between the intervention and of the waitlist control group in the situational cognitive assessment at the beginning of the Trier Social Stress Test in groups (TSST-G; von Dawans, Kirschbaum, & Heinrichs, 2011), as measured by the Primary appraisal Secondary-Appraisal Questionnaire (Gaab et al, 2005), in the heart rate variability during the performance of TSST-G and the reported level of experienced anxiety, measured with the state scale of the State-Trait anxiety inventory (German version: Laux, Glanzmann, Schaffner, & Spielberger, 1981) immediately after the TSST-G.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJürgen Hoyer

Technische Universität Dresden

juergen.hoyer@tu-dresden.de+4935146336986

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 18, 2026