Preventing childhood anxiety disorders: Is a video game as effective as a CBT-based program?
- Conditions
- Anxiety, anxiety disorder, angst, angststoornis
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON29118
- Lead Sponsor
- Radboud University Nijmegen, Behavioural Science Institute
- Brief Summary
n.a.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 135
Primary school children in grades 5 till 8 (8-12 years old) will be screened using het Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale. Active consent from parents is required for participation in screening. All children scoring > 1 SD above the mean (Muris, 2000) on at least two subscales (except for the OCD subscale) or on the total score of the SCAS will be contacted to participate in the study. Active consent from parents is required to participate in the intervention.
Parents declining participation of their child in either the first or second consent opportunity; children scoring < 1 SD above the mean on subscales (except for the OCD subscale) or on the total score of the SCAS; children currently in treatment for anxiety problems; children with a diagnosis of OCD and/or PTSS.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Child scores on the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS-C) and parent scores of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS-P).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Coping questionnaire for the child (CQ-C); self-efficacy questionnaire for the child (SEQ-C); strengths and difficulties questionnaires for the parent (SDQ-P); anxiety, depression and stress scale for parents (DASS-21).