Attention and Social Behavior in Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety
• Interventions: Behavioral: Dot-probe task; Behavioral: Attention Bias Modification

• Registration Number: NCT02401282
• Lead Sponsor: Penn State University

Brief Summary

This study examines the way attention may be linked to temperamental risk for anxiety, social behavior and brain processes. The study aims to see if temperamentally at risk youth display an attention bias towards threat, and if anxiety symptoms can be reduced through attentional bias modification training.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-12
• Study First Submitted: 2015-03-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-03-26
• Study First Posted: 2015-03-27
• Primary Completion: 2016-12-17
• Study Completion: 2016-12-17
• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 2018-01-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 251

Inclusion Criteria

• 9-12 year olds who do not meet exclusionary criteria (split into groups based on high and low temperamental shyness)

Exclusion Criteria

• presence or permanent metal orthodontics or implanted metal devices
• severe psychiatric diagnosis
• IQ under 70 as assessed by the WISC

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Placebo	Dot-probe task	Dot-probe task
ABM	Attention Bias Modification	Attention bias modification

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety Symptoms	8 weeks	parent and child report of child's anxiety symptoms
Attention bias levels	8 weeks	performance on computerized attention task
Electrophysiological and neural correlates of attention bias	8 weeks	EEG and fMRI measures

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Penn State University Child Study Center; 🇺🇸 University Park, Pennsylvania, United States