The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy in Adolescents with Social Anxiety - a Single Case Experimental Desig

Conditions: Social anxiety
Social phobia
10002861

Registration Number: NL-OMON56509

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit van Tilburg

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 8

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 12 up to and including 16 years
2. Currently in high school
3. Experiencing social anxiety in the school setting
4. Able to understand, read, write and communicate sufficiently in the Dutch
language

Exclusion Criteria

1. Having epilepsy
2. The child has a severe physical impairment, such as deafness or blindness.
3. An IQ<80 as estimated by the therapist or based on information in the
clinical record.
4. The presence of symptoms in more urgent need of treatment (e.g., suicidal
intent/acts, acute psychosis).
5. Starting (new) psychotropic medication in the three months prior to the
start of the study or during the study period.
6. Having received VRET before the start of the study
7. Following other psychological treatment simultaneously to the study (except
for all treatments stated in the study design, such as CBT and systemic
therapy).

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Participants will complete daily dairies with 3 to 6 idiographic questions<br /><br>throughout all phases of the treatment. These will consist of the top problems<br /><br>and goals of the participant, and will be focused on the 1) anxiety<br /><br>feelings/emotion, 2) cognitions or negative expectations and 3) avoidance<br /><br>behavior or safety behavior. Parents will also rate the behaviors of the<br /><br>adolescents in a daily dairy. As these measures are idiographic, it will depend<br /><br>per participants how the questions are asked, and which questions will be<br /><br>included. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>To explore participants' experiences, an interview will be conducted with all<br /><br>participants and parents at the end of the study to identify how they<br /><br>experienced VRET, what could be improved and what was already good. This<br /><br>interview will be semi-structured and conducted by the researchers. </p><br>