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Investigating the effect of metacognitive therapy on patients with generalized anxiety disorder

The effectiveness of metacognitive therapy on dysfunctional attitude, cognitive regulation of emotion and cognitive flexibility in patients with generalized anxiety disorder

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20231211060334N1
Enrollment
32
Registered
2024-03-17
Start date
2024-03-10
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-05-27

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Conditions

Patients with generalized anxiety disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder

Interventions

Intervention group: Intervention group: In this plan, there is an experimental group and a control group. Before the intervention, pre-tests of dependent variables of believability of anxious thoughts

Sponsors

Islamic Azad University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Having informed consent and the ability to participate in treatment sessions Having generalized anxiety disorder Being literate in reading and writing Having the age of 18 to 50 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: People with a history of psychotic and psychotic symptoms as diagnosed by a psychiatrist Simultaneous consumption of alcohol and substance abuse disorder Major psychiatric disorder such as major depression, bipolar disorder, major cognitive impairment Suffering from a significant physical illness

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Dysfunctional Attitude. Timepoint: Before the study and immediately after the intervention. Method of measurement: The dysfunctional attitude variable that was used to measure Iseman and Beck-26 dysfunctional attitude questionnaire.;Cognitive regulation of emotion. Timepoint: Before the study and immediately after the intervention. Method of measurement: The variable of cognitive regulation of emotion which was used to measure this variable from the short form questionnaire of Garnevsky's cognitive regulation Graij.;Cognitive flexibility. Timepoint: Before the study and immediately after the intervention. Method of measurement: Cognitive flexibility variable that was used to measure the flexibility questionnaire of Dennis and Nedroval.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactGhodrat aloha Abbasi

Islamic Azad University

gh_abbasi@iausari.ac.ir+98 11 3303 2891

Outcome results

None listed

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