ArticlePsychology and psychotherapy2026
Unified protocol in online group versus blended format for treating emotional disorders in university students: Preliminary results on feasibility at 6-month follow-up.
Article in Psychology and psychotherapy, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Unified protocol in online group versus blended format for treating emotional disorders in university students: Preliminary results on feasibility at 6-month follow-up.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionEmotional Disorders (EDs) are highly prevalent among university students, with only a small percentage (16.4%) receiving treatment. This study examines the feasibility and acceptability of delivering the Unified Protocol (UP) in two scalable formats and explores preliminary clinical outcomes in a university student population.
methodsThirty-five university students (80% women, mean age = 21.29 years, SD = 1.87) with primary diagnoses of EDs were randomly assigned to either the blended-UP condition (n = 18) or the synchronous online UP condition (n = 17). The intervention involved 8 UP modules, delivered as either 9 weekly 2-h synchronous online group sessions or a blended format (4 synchronous online group sessions for modules 1, 4, 6 and 7+ autonomous work via the UP-APP). Depression, anxiety, transdiagnostic variables, difficulties in emotion regulation, maladjustment and quality of life were assessed at baseline, post-treatment and at 3- and 6-month followups. Satisfaction with the intervention received was also measured.
resultsStatistically significant changes were observed over time (main effect of time) for all evaluated variables (except in quality of life and positive temperament), with no 'Time × Condition' interaction, meaning that the scores evolved similarly in both conditions. Participants reported high satisfaction scores (8.91/10 in the blended condition and 9.38/10 in the synchronous online UP condition) and rated highly how the intervention had helped them to properly regulate their emotions (8.83/10 in the blended condition and 9.00/10 in the synchronous online UP condition).
conclusionsThis study demonstrates that both the blended and synchronous online group formats of the UP are feasible and well accepted by university students, with associated improvements in emotional symptoms, and that the UP in these formats could be an efficient alternative to address the high demand for mental health support among university students.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.