School Based Prevention for Childhood Anxiety

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety Disorders
• Interventions: Behavioral: REACH for Success; Behavioral: Self-Study

• Registration Number: NCT03044678
• Lead Sponsor: Arizona State University

Brief Summary

This study was designed to conceptualize a school-based prevention program or childhood anxiety.

Detailed Description

This is a project corresponding to a career development grant. The main goal of the proposed research was to identify potential barriers to implementing a school-based anxiety preventive intervention, identify strategies to overcome these barriers, and use this information to test a school-based indicated intervention for child anxiety.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2015-01-01
• Study Completion: 2015-01-01
• Study First Submitted: 2017-01-30
• Status Verified: 2017-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-02-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-02-06
• Study First Posted: 2017-02-07
• Last Update Posted: 2017-02-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 109

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental: REACH for Success	REACH for Success	Experimental: Exposure-based, cognitive and behavioral, social skills training intervention 6-weeks - 6 session -20-30 min each
Active Comparator: Self-study	Self-Study	Active Comparator: Books "What to do when you are scared and worried?How to do homework without throwing-up? How to get organized without losing it?" Reading at home

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in child anxiety symptoms (clinical)	Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up	Child anxiety symptoms based on the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children
Change in child anxiety levels (typical)	Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up	Child anxiety based on the Spence Child Anxiety Scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in child negative cognition	Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up	Children's Negative Cognitive Errors on the Children's Negative Cognitive Errors Questionnaire
Changes in emotion understanding and expression	Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up)	Children's Emotion Expressivity based on the Emotion Expressivity Scale for Children
Changes in self efficacy	Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up)	Child self efficacy based on the Children's Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Handling School Situations
Changes in child social skills	Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up)	Child social skills based on the Social Skills Improvement Rating System
Changes in somatic arousal	Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up)	Child somatic arousal based on the Physiological Hyperarousal Scale for Children