Investigating the effect of body psychotherapy on Perception of time, decision making ,boredom and Internet addiction

Investigating the effect of body psychotherapy on Perception of time, decision making ,boredom and Internet addiction, with the mediating role of:executive functions and emotional regulation

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20240429061584N1

Enrollment

Registered

2024-05-07

Start date

2024-05-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-27

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Conditions

Internet addiction. Other impulse disorders

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Before the intervention, the participants are evaluated about Internet addiction, and then body awareness psychotherapy is taught for 60 days, in 90-minute weekly

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 30 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Volunteering participants to the experiment Age between18-30 years old All participant who have scored above 64 in the chen internet addiction test and have an interview with internet addiction. Not using drugs and not smoking ciggerate or any type of this Any type of psychotherapy or has not used it before Absence of psychosis and non-use of psychiatric drugs

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Put off from the research or not assisting enough Starting to use any kind of drugs during in the research Novel diagnosed chronic physical disease that interferes with the test results, including chronic mental disorder or diabetes, hypertension or heart disease and hepatitis, etc. Novel diagnosed mental disorders or start using psychiatric drugs.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Chen et al internet addiction score. Timepoint: Completing the questionnaire before and after 60 days of psychotherapy intervention. Method of measurement: Chen et al internet addiction scale.;Body awareness psychotherapy. Timepoint: 60 days body psychotherapy. Method of measurement: Body awareness questionnaire.;Perception of time. Timepoint: Before and after a 60-day body awareness psychotherapy intervention. Method of measurement: Computer task Perception of time Broadway and Engle.;Decision making. Timepoint: Before and after a 60-day body awareness psychotherapy intervention. Method of measurement: Iowa Gambling Task.;Boredom. Timepoint: Before and after a 60-day body awareness psychotherapy intervention. Method of measurement: Multidimensional scale of boredom 2002.	—

Measure

Time frame

Chen et al internet addiction score. Timepoint: Completing the questionnaire before and after 60 days of psychotherapy intervention. Method of measurement: Chen et al internet addiction scale.;Body awareness psychotherapy. Timepoint: 60 days body psychotherapy. Method of measurement: Body awareness questionnaire.;Perception of time. Timepoint: Before and after a 60-day body awareness psychotherapy intervention. Method of measurement: Computer task Perception of time Broadway and Engle.;Decision making. Timepoint: Before and after a 60-day body awareness psychotherapy intervention. Method of measurement: Iowa Gambling Task.;Boredom. Timepoint: Before and after a 60-day body awareness psychotherapy intervention. Method of measurement: Multidimensional scale of boredom 2002.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Emotion regulation. Timepoint: Before and after 60-day body awareness psychotherapy intervention. Method of measurement: Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS).;Executive function. Timepoint: Before and after 60-day body awareness psychotherapy intervention. Method of measurement: Computer Stroop task.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAmir ghaderi

Kashan University of Medical Sciences

gaderiam@yahoo.com+98 31 3457 4191

Outcome results

None listed

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