Effectiveness of Behavioral Activation and Metacognitive Therapy on Depression, Anxiety, and Cognitive emotion regulation strategies

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2013030912753N1

Enrollment

Registered

2013-03-17

Start date

2011-11-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Depression and Anxiety. Depressive episode, Phobic anxiety disorders, Other anxiety disorders

Interventions

Intervention 1: Carrying out 8 sessions of group Behavioral Activation therapy that executed weekly and 90 minutes.Behavioral Activation adapted from Dimidjian,Martell, Addis, & Herman-Dunn (2008) and

Behavior

Treatment - Other

Carrying out 8 sessions of group Behavioral Activation therapy that executed weekly and 90 minutes.Behavioral Activation adapted from Dimidjian,Martell, Addis, & Herman-Dunn (2008) and Martell, Dimidj

Carrying out 8 sessions of Metacognitive Therapy that executed weekly and 90 minutes. Metacognitive Therapy conducted according to Metacognitive Therapy for anxiety and depressive disorders manual (We

Control Group (without intervention)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 30 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria: acquisition of more than 19 scores on Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), confirmation of presence comorbid depression and anxiety according to Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I); not receiving any psychological or pharmaceutic therapies (one year before than starting research at least); having minimum 18 and maximum 30 years old; being bachelor student. Exclusion Criteria: having psychotic disorder or depressive disorders with psychotic features; presence of personality disorder according to Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Disorders (SCID-II) physical illness or medical conditions underlying depression; suicidal ideations; substance abusing.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Depression. Timepoint: Pretest, Posttest, Follow up. Method of measurement: Beck Depression Inventory.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Pretest, Posttest, Follow up. Method of measurement: Beck Anxiety Inventory.;Cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Timepoint: Pretest, Posttest, Follow up. Method of measurement: Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire ( CERQ).	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactIran Davoudi Ph.D

Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

davoudi_iscu.ac.ir+98 61 1333 0011

Outcome results

None listed

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