Weekly online therapy helped students put off schoolwork less
Who it’s about: Students, Young adults
- Helped
After online sessions on bad thoughts and plans, students put off work less than waiting students, even four months on.
- Action: Challenge unhelpful thoughtstested
- Action: Plan your weektested
- Rule: Through an online programmeused
- Rule: In weekly sessionsused
Small randomised trial of 30 university students in Bangladesh · vs students still waiting for the course · they rated themselves
The study
Who took part
30 university students aged 18 to 25 in Bangladesh who put things off a lot and felt a lot of study stress. Just over half were men.
What they did
15 students had 11 weekly online sessions of 45 to 60 minutes, with homework after each one. The sessions covered spotting and challenging unhelpful thoughts, time planning, doing one avoided task a day, handling stress and study habits. The other 15 students waited and got nothing during the study.
What happened
The online group rated themselves as putting things off less at the end and four months later. The waiting group stayed about the same. The paper doesn't make clear exactly which test it used to compare the groups.
Source
Effectiveness of Online Cognitive Behavioral Intervention on Procrastination and Academic Stress (2024)
DOI: 10.61838/kman.jarac.6.1.28 (opens in a new tab)Tools in this study
Action5
Challenge unhelpful thoughtsCognitive restructuring of beliefs such as perfectionism or catastrophising.
