Effects of Multi-session, Personalized Cognitive Bias Modification for Thought-Action-Fusion Among Adults with Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Thought-Action-Fusion (TAF) is a cognitive bias that posits (1) having unwanted thoughts is morally equivalent to acting upon the thoughts (TAF-Moral; e.g., Thinking about harming a child is as immoral as actually harming a child) and (2) having unwanted thoughts will increase the likelihood of the thoughts happening in real life (TAF-Likelihood; e.g., My mother will get into a car accident, because I thought about it). Given its central role in the development and maintenance of OCD, TAF has emerged as a potential treatment target for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Previous research has demonstrated that TAF is indeed a malleable construct. This study aims to examine the effects of a multi-session, personalized cognitive bias modification (CBM) for thought-action-fusion (TAF) on improving obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms in a college sample.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• A score of 18 or higher on the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS)

• Aged 18 or higher

• Access to a mobile device (i.e., smartphone)

Locations
United States
Wisconsin
UWM Anxiety Disorders Laboratory
RECRUITING
Milwaukee
Contact Information
Primary
Hanjoo Lee, PhD
leehj@uwm.edu
(414) 229-5858
Backup
Minjee Kook, BA
mkook@uwm.edu
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-04-18
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-05-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 84
Treatments
Experimental: Cognitive Bias Modification for Thought-Action-Fusion (CBM-TAF)
CBM-TAF will employ an ambiguous sentence-completion task, where participants have to fill in a missing letter in a fragmented word and resolve emotional ambiguity of a given scenario. At the beginning of each training session, participants will watch a brief animated video about TAF, OCD, and modifying TAF. Each training session will consist of 40 scenarios, which will take about 20 minutes to complete. There will be a total of 6 sessions (2x/week for 3 weeks).
Active_comparator: Cognitive Bias Modification for Stress Management Psychoeducation (CBM-SMP)
Similar to CBM-TAF, CBM-SMP will employ an ambiguous sentence-completion task, where participants have to fill in a missing letter in a fragmented word. However, the content of scenarios in CBM-SMP will focus on general stress management techniques. At the beginning of each training session, participants will watch a brief animated video about OCD and stress management techniques. Each training session will consist of 40 scenarios, which will take about 20 minutes to complete. There will be a total of 6 sessions (2x/week for 3 weeks).
No_intervention: Waitlist (WL)
Participants in WL group will only complete weekly assessment measures without engaging in any training sessions.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Psi Chi
Leads: Han Joo Lee

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov