Worry
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Interventiongroup, direct access to the internet intervention
Group 2: Waitlist controlgroup, delayed access to the internet intervention
Sponsors
Leuphana Universität Professur für Gesundheitspsychologie und Angewandte Biologische PsychologieInstitut für Psychologie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: internet access
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - diagnosed psychosis or dissociative symptoms in the past - Increased risk of suicide (BDI-II value for question 9>1)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Worry: Penn State Worry Questionnaire: Meyer, T. J., Miller, M. L., Metzger, R. L. & Borkovec, T. D. (1990). Development and validation of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 28, 487-495. (t1, t2, t3, t4) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| • Fear of infection. Items based on: Bai Y, Lin C-C, Lin C-Y, Chen J-Y, Chue C-M, Chou P. Survey of stress reactions among health care workers involved with the SARS outbreak. Psychiatr Serv 2004; 55: 1055–57. (t1, t2, t3, t4) • Depression: Patient Health Questionaire (PHQ-8): Kroenke, K., Strine, T. W., Spitzer, R. L., Williams, J. B. W., Berry, J. T., & Mokdad, A. H. (2009). The PHQ-8 as a measure of current depression in the general population. Journal of Affective Disorders, 114(1–3), 163–173. (t1, t2, t3, t4) • Worry / Generalized anxiety (GAD-7); Löwe B, Decker O, Müller S, Brähler E, Schellberg D, Herzog W, Herzberg PY. Validation and standardization of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) in the general population. Med Care. 2008 Mar;46(3):266-74. 163–173. (t1, t2, t3, t4) • Emotion regulation skils . Berking, M. & Znoj, H. (2008). Entwicklung und Validierung eines Fragebogens zur standardisierten Selbsteinschätzung emotionaler Kompetenzen (SEK-27). Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 56(2), 141-152. (t1, t2, t3, t4) • Brief Resilience Scale. Chmitorz A, Wenzel M, Stieglitz R-D, Kunzler A, Bagusat C, Helmreich I, et al. (2018) Population-based validation of a German version of the Brief Resilience Scale. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0192761 (t1, t2, t3, t4) • General self-efficacy. Beierlein, C., Kovaleva, A., Kemper, C. J. & Rammstedt, B. (2012). Ein Messinstrument zur Erfassung subjektiver Kompetenzerwartungen. Allgemeine Selbstwirksamkeit Kurzskala (ASKU) (Working Papers 2012|17). Mannheim: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. (t1, t2, t3, t4) • Personal Growth - short form. Maercker, A., & Langner, R. (2001). Persönliche Reifung (personal growth) durch Belastungen und Traumata: Validierung zweier deutschsprachiger Fragebogenversionen. Diagnostica, 47(3), 153–162. (t2, t3, t4) • WHO-5 Well-Being. Brähler E, Mühlan H, Albani C, Schmidt S. Teststatistische Prüfung und Normierung der deutschen Versionen des EURO | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactHanna Heckendorf
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Outcome results
None listed