Self-Esteem Treatment in Anxiety - positive versus negative memory representations

Completed

Conditions: Anxiety Disorders | Anxiety symptoms
10002861

Registration Number: NL-OMON40665

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit Utrecht

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

- An anxiety disorder, based on a structured DSM-IV interview
- Low self-esteem (< 26 on the Rosenberg Self-esteem scale)
- For one month or more: no changes in psychopharmacological medications
- Mastery of the Dutch language, in order to be able to fill out the questionnaires
- Able to mention at least one positive aspect within his/her self-image, which does not need to be felt or be completely convincing ;- In Altrecht Psychiatric Institute, an extra criterion is that the anxiety disorder has received at least 12 sessions of regular evidence-based therapy (according to the guidelines: cognitive behavioral therapy or medication). Despite the treatment, anxiety symptoms still remain in the psychopathological range, as assessed by scoring 39 or higher on the state-part of the STAI (Julian 2011). The disorder has thus not been taken away as a result of the regular treatment.

Exclusion Criteria

- Drug abuse or dependance according to DSM-IV criteria
- Severe depression according to DSM-IV criteria
- Psychotic disorder according to DSM-IV criteria

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Self-esteem. This will first of all be measured using the Rosenberg Self-esteem<br /><br>Scale. This is a frequently used scale within self-esteem studies all over the<br /><br>world (Schmitt & Allik, 2005), and the revised version has a somewhat better<br /><br>construct validity than the original version, although both are equally<br /><br>reliable (Wongpakaran, Tinakon, Wongpakaran, & Nahathai, 2012). In the<br /><br>Netherlands, an average score of 31.6 has been found (SD=4.5) within a healthy<br /><br>population, and we will apply the cut-off of 26 for inclusion in our study (one<br /><br>standard deviation below average) (Schmitt & Allik, 2005). Also, we will use<br /><br>the Self-Esteem Rating Scale - Short Form (SERS-SF), as this instrument<br /><br>measures negative as well as positive subdomains of self-esteem in a valid way<br /><br>(Lecomte, Corbière, & Laisné, 2006).</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures