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Action

Notice the unpleasant feeling and start anyway

Emotion regulation: name, accept or tolerate the feeling a task brings, then begin.

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Studies (11)

  1. Paper

    Eight weeks of group mindfulness helped teens put off schoolwork less
    TestedHelped

    Teens in eight weekly group mindfulness sessions with home practice put off schoolwork less than those who got nothing.

    Small randomised trial of 30 high-school students in Iran · vs students who got nothing · they rated themselves · ⚠ results look too good to be true; numbers unreliable

  2. Paper

    Group sessions on values helped children who stutter put off schoolwork less
    TestedHelped

    After group sessions on values and feelings, kids put off schoolwork less than the other group, even two months on.

    Small randomised trial of 30 children who stutter in Iran · vs children who got nothing · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable; summary claims more than the results show

  3. Paper

    Eight weekly group sessions on accepting feelings helped schoolboys put things off less
    TestedHelped

    Boys who learned to accept feelings and act on values put things off less than waiting boys, through two months.

    Very small randomised trial of 20 schoolboys in Tehran who put things off · vs boys who were still waiting for the course · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable

  4. Paper

    Twenty weekly therapy sessions helped students put off going to bed less
    TestedHelped

    After 20 weekly sessions on hard feelings and thoughts, students put off bedtime less than waiting students for three months.

    Small randomised trial of 32 university students who put off bedtime · vs students still waiting for the therapy · they rated themselves

  5. Paper

    Six weekly group sessions on accepting thoughts cut putting off schoolwork in nursing students
    TestedHelped

    Students who had six sessions on accepting thoughts and acting on values put off schoolwork less than the waiting group.

    Small randomised trial of 43 nursing students who put things off · vs students who waited for the sessions · they rated themselves · ⚠ whole groups were assigned, not people; groups differed at the start

  6. Paper

    Group therapy on accepting feelings helped boys who fear tests put things off less
    TestedHelped

    After eight weekly group sessions on feelings and values, boys put off schoolwork less than boys who got nothing.

    Small randomised trial of 30 Iranian seventh-grade boys with high test anxiety · vs boys who got nothing · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable; summary claims more than the results show

  7. Paper

    Picturing each step of a problem helped gifted students put things off less
    TestedHelped

    Gifted students who rehearsed each step of a problem in their minds put things off less than untrained students.

    Small randomised trial of 30 gifted high school students in Iran · vs students who got no training · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable

  8. Paper

    An online life-skills course helped teenage boys put off schoolwork less
    TestedHelped

    Teenage boys who took a ten-session online life-skills course put off schoolwork less than boys who got nothing.

    Small randomised trial of 30 teenage boys in Tehran · vs boys who got nothing · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable

  9. Paper

    Two group programmes helped burned-out schoolgirls put things off less, equally well
    TestedHelped

    Ten group sessions on values, accepting hard thoughts and making plans helped girls put things off less than nothing.

    Small randomised trial of 45 schoolgirls in Iran burned out by school · vs girls who got nothing until the study ended · they rated themselves

  10. Paper

    Two kinds of group therapy both helped boys who self-harm put off schoolwork less
    TestedHelped

    Boys who had eight sessions on mindfulness and values also put off schoolwork less than the waiting group.

    Small randomised trial of 45 secondary-school boys in Iran who self-harm · vs boys who waited for the sessions · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable

  11. Paper

    Two weeks of daily practice with bad feelings helped adults put things off less
    TestedHelped

    Two weeks of daily 10-minute practice in facing bad feelings about tasks helped people put things off less than waiting.

    Small randomised trial of 83 working adults in Germany · vs people still waiting for the training · they rated themselves · ⚠ only counted people who finished; numbers unreliable

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