Effects of Maternal Interpretation Biases on Child Anxiety and Related Responses

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety Disorders
• Interventions: Other: Positive Interpretation Bias Training; Other: Neutral Interpretation Bias Training

• Registration Number: NCT02095340
• Lead Sponsor: University of Houston

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to expand our understanding of the intergenerational transmission of cognitive risk for childhood anxiety disorders by examining whether changes in maternal interpretations of situations result in changes in child interpretations and child anxiety.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-03-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-03-20
• Study First Posted: 2014-03-24
• Study Start: 2014-05
• Primary Completion: 2018-04-30
• Study Completion: 2018-04-30
• Results First Submitted: 2019-10-10
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Results First Submitted QC: 2020-02-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-02-12
• Results First Posted: 2020-02-27
• Last Update Posted: 2020-02-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 210

Inclusion Criteria

• Children ages 8-12
• Children with primary diagnosis of anxiety disorder
• Mothers with clinical levels of anxiety symptoms on the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales (DASS; Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995)

Exclusion Criteria

• Physical disability impairing ability to use a computer
• Intelligence Quotient <80
• Reading comprehension and fluency composite <75
• Concurrent primary diagnosis of any non-anxiety disorder
• Currently receiving psychological or pharmacological treatment for anxiety
• Danger to self/others
• Non-English speaking child/parent
• Maternal current involvement in cognitive-behavioral therapy
• Maternal changes in pharmacological treatment in the 12 weeks prior to enrollment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Positive Training	Positive Interpretation Bias Training	-
Neutral Training	Neutral Interpretation Bias Training	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Word Sentence Association Paradigm	Participants will be assessed, on average, within 20 minutes after the intervention.	Proportion of threatening (versus nonthreatening) interpretations made on the Word Sentence Association Paradigm (WSAP). Scores range from 0 to 1. Higher scores mean a worse outcome, that is, more negative interpretations.
Maternal Anxious Behavior Coded by Independent Observers.	Immediately after the intervention, an average of 10 minutes.	Maternal anxious behavior coded by independent observers on a 0 - 4 scale. Higher numbers indicated more observed anxious behaviors.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Houston; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States