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ArticleInternet interventions2025

Effectiveness of a guided internet-based intervention in reducing procrastination among university students - a randomized controlled trial.

Arpana Amarnath, Sevin Ozmen, Chris van Klaveren, Annemieke van Straten, Julia Pei, Leonore de Wit, Rasmus E Raabe, Caring Universities Consortium, Pim Cuijpers, Sascha Y Struijs

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Article in Internet interventions, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05478096 (The Caring Universities Project), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05478096 naunknown statusnot on this map

The Caring Universities Project: RCT Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Guided E-health Programme (GetStarted) in Reducing Procrastination in University Students

TypeinterventionalSponsorVU University of AmsterdamRan2021 to 2023Enrolled176ConditionsProcrastinationArmsGetStarted
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Arpana AmarnathDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Sevin OzmenDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Chris van KlaverenAmsterdam Center for Learning Analytics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Annemieke van StratenDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Julia PeiDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Leonore de WitDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Rasmus E RaabeDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Caring Universities Consortium
Pim CuijpersDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Sascha Y StruijsDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Procrastination is highly prevalent among students and has several negative consequences, affecting academic performance, mental health, and prospects for future professional development. However, there exists a treatment gap, with there being many more students with problems than those receiving help. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a guided internet-based intervention, Trial registration: This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov Protocol Registration and Results System (Trial number: NCT05478096).

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Guided interventionInternet-based interventionMental heathProcrastinationUniversity students

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PMID41080972
PMCPMC12512977

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