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IRCT20251227068462N1 IRCT 2026-01-04 Khorasan Institute of Higher Education The effectiveness of brief Dialectical Behavior Therapy on internalized shame and social comparisonon Individuals with problematic social media use The effectiveness of Brief Dialectical Behavior Therapy on internalized shame and social comparison among female students with problematic social media use 2026-01-10 anticipated 24 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/88353 interventional Randomization: Not randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Education/Guidance, Blinding description: The data analyst was blinded to participants’ group allocation. 3 Avoidant personality disorder. Intervention 1: Twelve individuals who meet the study inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to the intervention group. Prior to the commencement of the intervention, complete information regarding the objectives, procedures, and implementation of the treatment sessions will be provided to the participants in the experimental group, and written informed consent will be obtained from all research participants. Subsequently, participants will attend twelve 90-minute Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) sessions, held twice a week. The sessions will be conducted in person in one of the classrooms at Khorasan University, and all stages of the study will be carried out in accordance with research ethical principles.The group sessions are designed based on the educational content and exercises of Linehan’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual (2018 Persian edition) and will be implemented as a short-term program as follows:Introduction and orientation to therapy, session rules, and introduction to mindfulness skillsPractice of mindfulness skills: observing, describing, and participatingAdvanced mindfulness skills: reasonable mind, emotional mind, and wise mindIntroduction to distress tolerance, the STOP skill, and practicing coping with crisesApplication of self-soothing skills and radical acceptanceIntroduction to emotion regulation skills: understanding emotions and reducing emotional vulnerabilityIncreasing positive emotions, identifying barriers, and enhancing emotional awarenessControlling negative impulses and maintaining calm in challenging situationsIntroduction to interpersonal effectiveness skills: assertiveness and effective requestingMaintaining relationships, saying no, and practicing mutual respectIntegration of skills and combined application of DBT skills in daily life situationsSummary, evaluation of progress, and planning for continued practice. Intervention 2: The control group will not receive any training. Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is no plan
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Mashhad Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9189863113 +98 51 3502 8601 shariatii.a@gmail.com Khorasan Institute of Higher Education Iran (Islamic Republic of) Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled Individuals who scored above 100 on the Cook Internalized Shame Scale, above 30 on the Social Comparison Orientation Scale by Gibbons and Buunk, and above 5 on the Problematic Social Media Use Questionnaire by van den Eijnden Absence of severe psychiatric disorders or use of psychotropic medications (based on self-report or an initial interview) Completion and written submission of an informed consent form to the researcher Ages 20 to 30 20 years 30 years Female During the course of the study, participants who were absent from more than two weekly Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) sessions would be excluded from the study Receiving concurrent psychological treatments Behavior Other Twelve individuals who meet the study inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to the intervention group. Prior to the commencement of the intervention, complete information regarding the objectives, procedures, and implementation of the treatment sessions will be provided to the participants in the experimental group, and written informed consent will be obtained from all research participants. Subsequently, participants will attend twelve 90-minute Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) sessions, held twice a week. The sessions will be conducted in person in one of the classrooms at Khorasan University, and all stages of the study will be carried out in accordance with research ethical principles.The group sessions are designed based on the educational content and exercises of Linehan’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual (2018 Persian edition) and will be implemented as a short-term program as follows:Introduction and orientation to therapy, session rules, and introduction to mindfulness skillsPractice of mindfulness skills: observing, describing, and participatingAdvanced mindfulness skills: reasonable mind, emotional mind, and wise mindIntroduction to distress tolerance, the STOP skill, and practicing coping with crisesApplication of self-soothing skills and radical acceptanceIntroduction to emotion regulation skills: understanding emotions and reducing emotional vulnerabilityIncreasing positive emotions, identifying barriers, and enhancing emotional awarenessControlling negative impulses and maintaining calm in challenging situationsIntroduction to interpersonal effectiveness skills: assertiveness and effective requestingMaintaining relationships, saying no, and practicing mutual respectIntegration of skills and combined application of DBT skills in daily life situationsSummary, evaluation of progress, and planning for continued practice The control group will not receive any training. Reduction of Internalized Shame. Timepoint: Before the intervention – immediately after the intervention – one month after the end. Method of measurement: Internalized Shame Questionnaire. Reduction of Social Comparison. Timepoint: Before the intervention – immediately after the intervention – one month after the end. Method of measurement: Social Comparison Questionnaire. Khorasan Institute of Higher Education Approved 2025-12-04 Ethics Committee for Biomedical Research of Ferdowsi University Unit 2, No. 10, Doostkam 13, Iqbal Lahouri 9 Street, Vakilabad Boulevard مشهد Razavi Khorasan Iran (Islamic Republic of)