Mediators and moderators of cognitive behavioral therapy for childhood anxiety disorders: information processing, emotion regulation and stressreactivity.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- anxiety disorders
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
1. DSM-IV anxiety disorder as primary diagnosis;
2. Age between 7-18 years;
3. IQ >= 80;
4. Informed consent from parents and child.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Psychosis;
2. Obsessive compulsive disorder as primary disorder;
3. Posttraumatic stress disorder as primary disorder;
4. Acute stress disorder;
5. Drug and/or alcohol problems;
6. Selective mutism;
7. Current treatment with SSRI or treatment with SSRI within an half year before inclusion;
8. Psychotherapeutic treatment within the last half year.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Effect of treatment (diagnosis of anxiety disorder and scores on anxiety questionnaires);<br>2. Mediating effect of information processing;<br>3. Mediating effect of emotion regulation;<br>4. Moderating effect of effortful control, executive functions and stress-reactivity.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. correlation between explicit and implicit measures; <br>2. development of implicit measures.