Effectiveness of childhood social anxiety interventions
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Emerging social anxietyMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN76653370
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Amsterdam
- Brief Summary
2021 Thesis results in https://hdl.handle.net/11245.1/524fb1db-7dc5-4c22-8740-456ff5abfea8 (added 28/09/2022) 2023 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02536-w (added 05/04/2023)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 191
Inclusion Criteria
Eight- to twelve-year-old children with emerging social anxiety symptoms as measured using the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents.
Exclusion Criteria
1. No signs of social anxiety
2. Participation in another social anxiety intervention
3. Insufficient mastery of Dutch language
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Approximately five weeks before the start of the intervention, one week before the start of the intervention, one week after the intervention has ended and three months after the intervention has ended.<br>1. Social anxiety symptoms measured using the self-reported Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents <br>2. Distress measured using a self-report measure developed for the purpose of this study<br>3. Avoidant and approach behavior measured using a self-report measure developed for the purpose of this study<br>4. Automatic thoughts measured using the Children’s Automatic Thoughts Scale – Positive/Negative
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Approximately five weeks before the start of the intervention, one week before the start of the intervention, one week after the intervention has ended and three months after the intervention has ended.<br>1. Internalizing behavior measured using the subscale Internalizing behavior from the self-report version of the Social Skills Improvement System – Rating Scales <br>2. Social skills measured using multiple subscales from the self-report version of the Social Skills Improvement System – Rating Scales <br>3. Self-efficacy measured using a self-report measure developed for the purpose of this study<br>4. Self-perceived competence measured using the Dutch translation of the Self-perception Scale for Children