Online 'Uncertainty Training' shows promise for anxious young adults
NCT ID NCT06174311
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a short, internet-based program designed to help young adults who have a hard time dealing with uncertainty. The program uses scenarios and word tasks to gently train the brain to interpret uncertain situations less negatively. Researchers measured changes in uncertainty levels, mood, anxiety, and repetitive thinking in 90 participants aged 18 to 40.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cognitive bias modification (online behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this could offer a simple, internet-based tool to help people who struggle with uncertainty feel less anxious and think more flexibly.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with only 90 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is brief (3 sessions) and may not produce lasting changes.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
-
90 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
-
Nov 2023
- Finished
-
Jun 2024
- Lead sponsor
-
Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
-
18 to 40 years
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants' willingness to participate in the CBM-I (Cognitive Bias Modification - Intervention) * Having high levels of intolerance of uncertainty (receiving scores higher than the median of the initial sample by splitting the data based on the median) * Having computer and internet access. Exclusion Criteria: * Being outside the targeted age range * Having a psychiatric diagnosis and receiving current treatment * Scoring psychotic questions and suicide questions above the midpoint on the Brief Symptom Scale * Having color-blindness
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Intolerance to uncertainty are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Izmir University of Economics
Izmir, Turkey (Türkiye)