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NCT07731568

Overview

NCT ID: NCT07731568
Lead Sponsor: Beijing HuiLongGuan HospitalOTHER
Official Title: Efficacy and Underlying Mechanisms of Group Natural Psychotherapy for Anxiety Symptoms In Chinese University Students
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.
Conditions: Anxiety Symptoms

Status and Timeline

Status: Recruiting
Last Update Posted: Jul 28, 2026Actual
Start Date: Jul 10, 2026Estimated
Primary Completion Date: Jul 31, 2026Estimated
Completion Date

Participation Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: Adult (18-64)
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No
Eligibility Criteria: 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.

Study Plan

Study Type: Interventional
Phase: Not Applicable
Enrollment: 55Estimated
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single

Contacts and Locations

Central Contacts: Professor ZhangContact
zhangxy99@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn+86 18513299860

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Participant Group/Arms

Group Natural PsychotherapyExperimental

NPT is a novel approach integrating Japanese Morita therapy and traditional Chinese culture. It proposes three core principles for treating anxiety. * Week 1 Focuses on the first principle: endure the pain and do what you should do. * Week 2: the second principle is accept the pain and avoid doing what you should not do. * Week 3: the third principle is seek pain and do what you fear. * Week 4 serves as a consolidation phase where participants synthesize their gains into a personalized coping plan for future relapse prevention.

Behavioral: Natural Psychotherapy

Group Cognitive Behavioral TherapyActive Comparator

A 4-week structured online group CBT intervention will be delivered weekly (90 mins per session) via an online meeting app. * Week 1 focuses on psychoeducation regarding anxiety mechanisms and establishing individual CBT loops (Situation-Thought-Emotion-Behavior). * Week 2 introduces cognitive restructuring to help participants catch automatic thoughts, check cognitive distortions, and generate balanced thoughts. * Week 3 targets behavioral modifications by helping participants recognize avoidance/safety behaviors and design manageable behavioral experiments ("mini-actions"). * Week 4 serves as a consolidation phase where participants synthesize their gains into a personalized coping plan for future relapse prevention. Homework compliance (e.g., self-monitoring tables and behavioral logs) is required weekly.

Behavioral: CBT-001 Multi-dose