Effectiveness of a guided internet-based intervention for procrastination among university students – A randomized controlled trial study protocol

• DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2023.100612
• Publication Date: 2023-03-03T04:38:23Z
• Authors: Arpana Amarnath; Sevin Ozmen; Sascha Y. Struijs; Leonore de Wit; Pim Cuijpers
• Keywords: Procrastination

Procrastination is a widespread problem that highly prevalent among the young adult population and associated with several negative consequences. However, current evidence on effectiveness of e-health interventions for procrastination either lack comparison to an inactive control, do not include student or are poor quality. This protocol describes design trial will overcome these limitations examine guided internet-based intervention (GetStarted) reduce problematic procrastinating behaviors in college students compared waitlist control. study be two-armed randomized controlled calculated sample size N = 176. Participants from seven universities Netherlands. The group receive four-week e-coach-guided procrastination. control get access treatment four weeks after randomization. Assessments take place at baseline, post-test (4 post-baseline) follow-up (6 months post-baseline). Data analyzed intent-to-treat principle. primary outcome change measured Irrational scale (IPS). Secondary outcomes depression, anxiety, stress, quality life. Additionally, sociodemographic characteristics participants, satisfaction treatment, program usability, e-coach adherence examined as potential moderators. results this can build treating students. Should it effective, GetStarted could provide flexible, low-intense cost-effective prevent common mental health problems students.This registered ClinicalTrials.gov Protocol Registration Results System (Trial number: NCT05478096).