Self-control and Body-focused Repetitive Behaviors
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Official title
Self-control Intervention to Increase Adherence to Web-based Self-help for Body-focused Repetitive Behaviors
Brief summary
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Web-based self-help could work well to disseminate behavior therapies for body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB) such as hair pulling and skin picking. Previous research suggests that this method works well for people who use the program a great deal, but many participants do not. Adhering frequently to a BFRB self-help program requires self-control because the costs occur immediately (time, trouble, possible boredom), whereas the benefits (reduced symptoms) are realized later. This study will test whether two weeks of practice of a self-control exercise (avoiding consumption of sweet foods), compared to wait list, will increase adherence during a subsequent 10-week trial of BFRB self-help.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04455152
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Enrollment
- 80 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 29, 2020
- Primary completion
- Nov 3, 2022
- Completion
- Nov 3, 2022
- Last update posted
- Nov 6, 2022
2020 – 2022
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American University | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20016 | — |
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- Last update posted Nov 6, 2022 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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