Effects and mechanisms of change during psychological techniques for anxiety and life impairment.

Comparative Effects of Differential Metacognition and Attention Manipulation on Effects and Mechanism of Change for Social Dysfunction in High Worriers on University Students in Japan. - Investigation of the Mechanism of Change of Metacognition and Attention Manipulation on Social Dysfunction in High Worriers.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000053893

Enrollment

Registered

2024-03-18

Start date

2024-04-13

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

High Worrier

Interventions

A total of three sessions of online intervention, one session per week, will be conducted on the following topics Session 1: Implement psychoeducation targeting attentional control abilities and se

s homework will be conducted. We asked participants to go about their daily lives as usual for three weeks.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Undergraduate or graduate students attending a university in Japan. (2) Score 56 or higher on the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (Mayer et al., 1999), which is the standard for high worriers. (3) Score 7 or higher on the Sheehan Disability Scale (Sheehan et al., 2008), which is the standard for clinically meaningful social dysfunction.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Currently receiving support for mental health problems at a medical institution or other counseling facility. (2) Have difficulty in reading and writing Japanese.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
At Post point (i.e., end of intervention) and Follow-up point which is 3 months later of Post point: (1) Sheehan Disability Scale, (2) Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, (3) Patient Health Questionnaire-9.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Classification of the percentage of subjects achieving functional and/or symptomatic resolution at the end of the intervention period (post) and 3 months later (follow-up): (1) Recovery: Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) scores below the remission criteria (<= 6) and Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) scores below remission criteria (<= 47) (2) Functional remission only: Sheehan Disability Scale score below the cutoff (<= 6) (3) Symptomatic remission only (improvement): Percentage of person achieving symptomatic remission criteria and clinically significant change on the PSWQ (>= 7 points reduction and final score on PSWQ <= 47) Ecological Momentary Assessment-social function items change between Baseline term (1 week before intervention start) to Post term (1 week later of the end of intervention term).	—

Measure

Time frame

Classification of the percentage of subjects achieving functional and/or symptomatic resolution at the end of the intervention period (post) and 3 months later (follow-up): (1) Recovery: Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) scores below the remission criteria (<= 6) and Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) scores below remission criteria (<= 47) (2) Functional remission only: Sheehan Disability Scale score below the cutoff (<= 6) (3) Symptomatic remission only (improvement): Percentage of person achieving symptomatic remission criteria and clinically significant change on the PSWQ (>= 7 points reduction and final score on PSWQ <= 47) Ecological Momentary Assessment-social function items change between Baseline term (1 week before intervention start) to Post term (1 week later of the end of intervention term).

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Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMinori Machida

Waseda University Faculty of Human Sciences

m.machida@fuji.waseda.jp04-2947-6756

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026