The Key to Emotional Balance
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: The Key to Emotional Balance.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: The Key to Emotional Balance. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
The Key to Emotional Balance: The Effect of a Positive Psychotherapy-Based Balance Model on Emotion Regulation, Recovery, and Life Purpose in Bipolar Disorder
Overview
This randomized controlled experimental study aimed to evaluate the effects of the Key to Emotional Balance (KBA) psychoeducational program, based on the Balance Model of Positive Psychotherapy (PPT), on indicators of emotion regulation difficulties, recovery, and purpose in life in adults with bipolar disorder. Intervention and control groups (n=37 each; total n=74) will be formed through simple random assignment. The intervention will consist of eight individual sessions, each lasting 40-50 minutes. Data will be collected using the Difficulty in Emotion Regulation, Recovery Assessment Scale, and the Life Goals Scale in the Context of PPT. Measurements will be conducted as a pretest and posttest.
Interventions
- Behavioral The Key to Emotional Balance
The Key to Emotional Balance (KBA) program consists of eight sessions, each lasting 40-50 minutes, and aims to help participants develop emotional balance. The first session introduces the individual, introduces group rules, provides information about the program, and supports the client in identifying and expressing their emotions. The second session encourages the client to assess their energy-time intensity in their current and future balance models and, if deviations occur, to restructure th
Primary outcome measures
- Difficulty in Emotion Regulation [Time frame: Timeframe: Pre-test, 8 weeks later]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Recovery Assessment Scale: [Time frame: Timeframe: Pre-test, 8 weeks later]
- Determining Life Goals in the Context of Positive Psychotherapy (PPBYABÖ): [Time frame: Timeframe: Pre-test, 8 weeks later]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Having a diagnosis of bipolar I or bipolar II disorder according to the DSM-5.
- Being between 18 and 65 years of age.
- Being literate and having the cognitive capacity to participate in written questionnaires.
- Being in a stable mood/remission (neither severely manic nor severely depressed) at the start of the study.
- Being on medication or willing and able to comply with treatment.
- Voluntarily agreeing to participate in the study and signing the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
- Being in an episode of acute mania or severe depression.
- Having a diagnosis of another serious psychiatric disorder such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, severe anxiety disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
- Cognitive impairments, such as dementia, severe cognitive impairment, or mental retardation, that would prevent participation in the recommended therapy.
- Individuals with a history of substance abuse within the last 6 months or ongoing active substance use.
- Individuals who have attempted suicide within the last 6 months or who currently have suicidal thoughts (patients at high risk of suicide).
- Refusal to attend regular therapy sessions or severe resistance to psychotherapy.
- Individuals who are not compliant with recommended medication for bipolar disorder.
- Serious medical problems or chronic conditions that would prevent recommended psychotherapy (e.g., uncontrolled epilepsy or serious cardiovascular disease).
- Inability to speak Turkish sufficiently to understand the questionnaires and therapeutic interventions or difficulty communicating.
Exclusion criteria
- Not attending psychoeducation sessions more than three times or not completing any of the pretest and posttest measures of the data collection forms.
- Relapse of disease during the study and inability to comply with the program.
- Participating in any other program while the study is ongoing.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07208721 · The Key to Emotional Balance