Can group CBT tailored for turkish students beat anxiety?
NCT ID NCT07096154
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether an 8-session group therapy program, based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and adapted for Turkish culture, can help university students manage anxiety. Forty students from Bogazici University who have high anxiety scores will take part. The goal is to see if this approach is both feasible and effective in a setting where mental health services are limited.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide an effective, low-cost way to reduce anxiety in university students in Türkiye.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small feasibility study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply widely. Participants may feel distress during sessions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Must be a Bogazici University student. 2. Must be 18 years or older. 3. Must score above the threshold on the Beck Anxiety Inventory. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Not Bogazici University student. 2. Has serious and severe mental illness. 3. High risk of self-harm/harm to others. 4. Scoring below the threshold of the Beck Anxiety Inventory. 5. Younger than 18 years old.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bogazici University Student Guidance and Psychological Counselling Centre (BUREM)
RECRUITINGIstanbul, 34342, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Translational Clinical Psychology Lab
RECRUITINGIstanbul, 34342, Turkey (Türkiye)
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