NCT07256093

The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Dysfunctional Attitudes and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Among University Students in Malaysia

The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Dysfunctional Attitudes and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Among University Students in Malaysia.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universiti Sains Malaysia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 32 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can reduce dysfunctional attitudes and difficulties in emotion regulation among university students in Malaysia.The main questions it aims to answer are: * Will participants who receive ACT show statistically significant reduction in dysfunctional attitudes scores compared to those in the control group? * Will participants who receive ACT show statistically significant reduction in difficulties in emotion regulation scores compared to those in the control group? * Will participants who receive ACT show statistically significant reduction in dysfunctional attitudes scores from pre-test to intermediate-test and from pre-test to post-test? * Will participants who receive ACT show statistically significant reduction in difficulties in emotion regulation scores from pre-test to intermediate test and from pre-test to post-test? Researchers will compare ACT group to a waitlist control group to see if ACT work to reduce dysfunctional attitudes and difficulties in emotion regulation. Participants in the ACT group will * attend six weekly individual sessions of ACT intervention (1 hour per session) conducted online * complete the outcome measures at three different time points (week 1, week 3, and week 6) Meanwhile, participants in the waitlist control group * will not receive any intervention during the data collection period * will be asked to complete same outcome measures at three different time points (week 1, week 3, and week 6)

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)	Six sessions of ACT were conducted Session 1: Introduction. Theme: Broaden your horizon. Values and value-based actions. Identifying what matters the most in your life and acting accordingly. Session 2: Theme: Present moment. Mindfully notice your internal and external experiences, notice the movement of your breath. Live in the present moment. To address difficulties in emotion regulation. Session 3: Theme: Cognitive defusion. The power of thoughts. Identify your unwanted thoughts and emotions and learn to describe, name, and welcome them. To address dysfunctional attitudes. Session 4: Theme: The observer's stance. Learn to view your thoughts and emotions from an observer's stance. To address difficulties in emotion regulation. Session 5: Theme: Toward an attitude of acceptance. Let go of your struggle and learn acceptance towards your wakefulness and unwanted thoughts. To address dysfunctional attitudes. Session 6: Theme: Summary of the programme. Plans committed action.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-10
• Primary completion: 2025-03-20
• Completion: 2025-04-25
• First posted: 2025-12-01
• Last updated: 2025-12-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malaysia