Attention Bias Modification Treatment for Children With Social Anxiety
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Social Phobia
- Sponsor
- Tel Aviv University
- Enrollment
- 67
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV (ADIS)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Children with social anxiety will be randomly assigned to either Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) designed to direct attention away from threat or a placebo control condition not designed to change attention patterns. Outcome measures will be depression and social anxiety symptoms as measured by gold standard questionnaires as well as diagnosis of social phobia disorder and symptom counts derived from structured clinical interviews with children and their parents.
We expect to see significant reduction in social anxiety symptoms in the Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) group relative to the placebo control group.
Investigators
Yair Bar-Haim
Head of Shcool of Psychological Sciences, Tel-Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •children suffering from social anxiety
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pharmacological or Psychological treatment
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV (ADIS)
Time Frame: expected average time frame of 6 weeks. Participants will be assessed before and after the administriation of the training/control protocols.
The ADIS is a semi-structured interview assessing anxiety, mood and externalizing disorders in children according to DSM-IV criteria.
Secondary Outcomes
- Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C) and for Parents (SPAI-c-p)(expected average time frame of 6 weeks. Participants will be assessed before and after the administriation of the training/control protocols.)