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The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy using modern technology on obsessive beliefs and cognitive flexibility in adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder referred to psychological centers

The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy using modern technology on obsessive beliefs and cognitive flexibility in adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder referred to psychological centers

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20250819066922N1
Enrollment
30
Registered
2025-08-26
Start date
2025-08-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-15

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Conditions

Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Predominantly obsessional thoughts or ruminations

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: A total of 100 adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder who had referred to a counseling center for treatment between 2014 and 2015 and had been diagnosed wit
translated by Asgharipour, 2013) in 10 70-minute sessions and once a week. After the end of the treatment period, the experimental group was re-assessed with the questionnaires used for the post-test

Sponsors

Islamic Azad University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
14 Years to 18 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The individual is between the ages of 14-18. The subject scores 16 or higher on the Yale-Brown Scale. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms are diagnosed by a psychologist based on the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for OCD. The diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder is the only disorder in the individual’s treatment priority.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The individual is involved in a co-morbid illness. Absences occur in more than two sessions.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Obsessive beliefs: Obsessive beliefs are intrusive thoughts and actions that are always repetitive and annoying and cause time wasting, creating problems in the natural process of life, and disrupting the individual's relationships with others. In this study, obsessive beliefs are the score that subjects obtain from answering the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire, Child and Adolescent Version (OBQ-CV). Timepoint: People in the experimental group will participate in training courses for about 1 month and will receive a cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention based on the new technology protocol of Stekati et al. once a week (10 sessions, 70 minutes each). Method of measurement: Measurement tools will include: Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Scale for Children (Goodman et al., 1986), Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire Child and Adolescent Version (OBQ-CV) (Shojaei et al., 2017), and Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire (Dennis et al., 2010).;Cognitive flexibility: Cognitive flexibility is one of the important factors in social interactions and is defined as a dynamic process that is responsible for creating a positive adaptation of an individual to the environment, such that a flexible individual is able to adapt to changing environmental stimuli despite adverse or traumatic experiences. Cognitive flexibility represents the human ability to adapt to cognitive strategies in the face of unwanted and new conditions in the environment. In this study, cognitive flexibility refers to the score that subjects obtain from responding to the cognitive flexibility questionnaire of Dennis et al. (2010). Timepoint: People in the experimental group will participate in training courses for about 1 month and will receive a cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention based on the new technology protocol of Stekati et al. once a week (10 sessions, 70 minutes each). Method of measurement: The measurement tool will include: Dennis et al.'s (2010) cognitive flexibility questionnaire.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactTina Beiranvand

Islamic Azad University

tinbeiranvand@gmail.com+98 66 3335 3481

Outcome results

None listed

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