Anxiety Symptoms
Conditions
Keywords
anxiety symptom, online group psychotherapy, university student
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Natural Psychotherapy(NPT) works to treat anxiety symptoms in university students. It will also learn about the efficacy of Natural Psychotherapy in comparison to CBT. The main questions are: Does online group Natural Psychotherapy lower the participants' anxiety symptoms? Is there any difference between NPT and CBT? Researchers will compare online group Natural Psychotherapy to online group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT) to see if Natural Psychotherapy works better to lower anxiety symptoms. Participants will: Attend online groupNPT or group CBT once a week for 4 weeks; Complete online questionnaires before the intervention, after the first week, after four weeks and after eight weeks.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCBT-001 Multi-dose
CBT-1 is a 4-week structured online group cognitive behavioral therapy program tailored for college students with subclinical anxiety. The protocol systematically guides participants to deconstruct anxiety into an interconnected loop of situations, automatic thoughts, and behaviors.
BEHAVIORALNatural Psychotherapy
NPT's principle is fundamentally about fostering a proactive mindset. The participants are encouraged to actively seek out and engage with life's inherent challenges and discomforts as a path to growth. The emphasis is on cultivating courage and initiative as a characterological trait, transforming the individual's relationship with fear itself, rather than solely habituating to specific triggers. This represents a shift from a disorder-specific protocol to a life-oriented philosophy.
Sponsors
Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital
Tsinghua University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Voluntarily signed the informed consent form * Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) total score≥4 * Chinese * Aged 18-30 years, currently enrolled as an undergraduate or postgraduate student.
Exclusion criteria
* Severe depression or high risk of suicide * History of substance abuse, drug dependence, or psychotic disorders * Severe neurological diseases, severe somatic illnesses, or other conditions unsuitable for physical labor or physical activities * History of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) within the past 6 months, or currently undergoing other pharmacological or systematic psychological treatments.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) | Baseline, After 1 Week, After 4 weeks, After 8 weeks | The GAD-7 is a 7-item, self-reported Likert scale used to assess the severity of participants' anxiety symptoms over the past two weeks. Each item is scored from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), yielding a total score ranging from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating greater anxiety severity. The primary endpoint will evaluate the mean change in GAD-7 scores from baseline (Pre-intervention) to post-intervention (Week 4) to determine the efficacy of the intervention. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beck Depression Inventory（BDI） | Baseline, After 1 week, After 4 weeks, After 8 weeks | The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is a 21-item, self-reported Likert scale used to measure the severity of depressive symptoms. Each item is scored on a 4-point scale ranging from 0 to 3. The total score is calculated by summing the scores of all 21 items, yielding a total score range from 0 to 63. Higher total scores indicate more severe depressive symptoms. |
Countries
China
Contacts
CONTACTProfessor Zhang
Outcome results
None listed