A parent-focused intervention for anxiety in inhibited childre
- Conditions
- anxietyfear10002861
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON37831
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 600
Parents will be included in the study if the following inclusion criteria are met:
- Their child scores above 43 on the BIQ-SF, a screenings instrument measuring anxiety-proneness in young children. This cut-off score is based on a large sample of normal children between the ages of 4 to 6 years and represents the top 20% inhibited children (Vreeke et al., submitted).
- Their child attended school for at least one month. Based on the suggestion that an inhibited temperament can be influenced by environmental factors, we hypothesize that preschool children will experience more naturalistic exposure to novel situations when they first attend primary school and may consequently show a greater reduction of inhibition in this period. Hence, selecting slightly older, school-age children may lead to more stable measures of inhibition, which may in turn make intervention effects more apparent.
- Written informed consent is given.
Children who are currently being treated for anxiety disorders are excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Main study parameters are children*s levels of behavioral inhibition and<br /><br>anxiety symptoms. These parameters are measured by several parent and teacher<br /><br>questionnaires at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 6 months follow-up.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary study parameters are parent overprotection and parent anxiety. These<br /><br>parameters are measured by two parent questionnaires at pre-intervention,<br /><br>post-intervention, and 6 months follow-up.</p><br>