Targeting Components of Distress Tolerance

Part of paid clinical trials in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Sponsor
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Study ID
NCT06570603
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Distress, Emotional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Self-Efficacy — BEHAVIORAL
    Brief skills based psychotherapy session to increase perceived self-efficacy for withstanding distress, giving participants increased beliefs that they \*can\* do it.
  • Willingness — BEHAVIORAL
    Brief skills based psychotherapy session to increase perceived willingness to engage with distress for withstanding distress, giving participants increased motivation to try.
  • Psychoeducation — BEHAVIORAL
    Psychoeducation about the components and functions of emotion.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn which aspects of distress intolerance (i.e., difficulties withstanding upsetting emotional states) are the most important for improving effective emotion regulation and associated mental health symptoms. The main questions it aims to answer are: How are willingness to feel upset and self-efficacy for withstanding distress associated with different emotion regulation strategies used in daily life? Does targeting willingness to feel upset and/or self-efficacy for withstanding distress help people use more effective emotion regulation strategies in daily life when they feel upset? Are improvements in emotion regulation strategies in daily life associated with fewer symptoms of mental health problems over time? Participants will: Answer questions about their moods, willingness to feel upset, self-efficacy for withstanding distress and emotion regulation strategies for three weeks using a cell phone app Undergo a willingness, self-efficacy, combined or psychoeducational control intervention in the lab Be prompted to use the intervention skill via the cell phone app during the second week, after the intervention Complete weekly reports of mental health symptoms

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 3, 2024
Status verified
Apr 2025
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026
Completion
Apr 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
240 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Placebo Comparator: Psychoeducational Control
    Participants will receive psychoeducation only
  • Experimental: Self-Efficacy (Only)
    Single session intervention focusing on increasing self-efficacy to manage distress. Will include brief psychoeducation about emotion, then a focus on agency and self-criticism, using stressors the participant provided from the previous week, with an aim to teach self-compassion skills that will improve self-efficacy.
  • Experimental: Willingness (Only)
    Single session intervention focused on increasing willingness to allow distress. Will include brief psychoeducation about emotion, then a discussion of values and how allowing and experiencing emotions nourishes values, experiencing discomfort enhances growth. Will use stressors from the prior week as examples.
  • Experimental: Combined Willingness and Self-Efficacy
    Single session intervention focused on increasing both willingness and self-efficacy. Will include brief psychoeducation about emotion, then a combination of using values and self-compassion to increase both allowing and self-efficacy.

Primary Outcome Measure

Engagement behaviors [ Time Frame: Assessed 5x/day via ecological momentary assessment ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of Arkansas - FayettevilleFayettevilleArkansas72701-

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