Imagery Rescripting Group Cognitive Therapy (IR-GCT) versus traditional Group Cognitive Therapy (GCT) for performance anxiety: a randomised control trial
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Social Anxiety DisorderMental Health - Anxiety
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12615000151538
- Lead Sponsor
- Curtin University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
The research will involve adult participants who experience symptoms consistent with performance anxiety, as measured by the Social Interaction Phobia Scale (SIPS) and social anxiety module of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for DSM-IV (MINI).
Exclusion Criteria
Participants will be screened during the initial assessment using the suicidality module of the MINI to ensure that individual's at high risk of suicide can be referred to a more appropriate service. To participate in this study, individuals must be willing to not partake in any external psychological treatment between their baseline assessment and their post-treatment follow-up assessment.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in social anxiety symptoms, as measured by the Social Interaction Phobia Scale (SIPS)[At baseline, and at 1 and 2 weeks post-intervention];Changes in physiological symptoms of social anxiety (skin conductance) during speech task[At baseline, and at 1 week post-intervention during speech tasks];Memory Distress Scale[Immediately before and after the intervention]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method